Idemo niz ulicu.

We are going down the street.

Breakdown of Idemo niz ulicu.

• ići: to go
• ulica: street
• niz: down; along

Questions & Answers about Idemo niz ulicu.

What does idemo mean, and what verb is it from?

Idemo is the 1st person plural present tense form of the verb ići, meaning to go.

So:

• ići = to go
• idem = I go / I am going
• ideš = you go
• ide = he/she/it goes
• idemo = we go / we are going

In this sentence, idemo means we are going.

Why is there no separate word for we?

In Serbian, the verb ending often already tells you who the subject is, so a separate pronoun is usually unnecessary.

• idemo already means we go / we are going

The pronoun mi = we can be added, but usually only for emphasis or contrast:

• Mi idemo niz ulicu. = We are going down the street.

Without mi, the sentence sounds completely natural.

What does niz mean here?

In this sentence, niz means something like down or along/downward along.

With streets, roads, rivers, and similar things, niz often expresses movement:

• down
• down along
• sometimes along, if the idea is directional movement following a line

So niz ulicu gives the idea of moving down the street.