Podnosilac ima boravište i prebivalište.

Podnosilac is a formal/legal word meaning the person who submits or files something: an application, request, claim, form, etc.

In many contexts, English translates it as applicant, claimant, submitter, or filer, depending on the document.

So in this sentence, podnosilac is the person whose residence information is being stated.

This is one of the most important things in the sentence.

• boravište = temporary residence / place of temporary stay
• prebivalište = permanent residence / official permanent address

In Serbian administrative language, the distinction is legal and very common.

A simple way to remember it:

• boravište = where you are staying for now
• prebivalište = where you are officially permanently registered

So the sentence says that the applicant has both a temporary residence and a permanent residence.

Because they are closely related words.

• boravište comes from boraviti = to stay
• prebivalište comes from prebivati = to reside / dwell

They both contain the noun-forming ending -ište, which often creates a noun connected with a place or location.

So these two nouns are built in a parallel way, which is why they look similar and are often learned together.

They are in the accusative, because they are the direct objects of ima (has).

However, for these nouns, the accusative looks exactly the same as the nominative.

Why?

Because:

• they are neuter singular nouns
• neuter singular nouns usually have the same form in nominative and accusative

So:

• nominative: boravište
• accusative: boravište

and likewise:

• nominative: prebivalište
• accusative: prebivalište

Ima is the 3rd person singular present tense of imati = to have.

So:

• ja imam = I have
• ti imaš = you have
• on/ona/ono ima = he/she/it has

Since podnosilac is singular, the verb must also be singular:

• Podnosilac ima... = The applicant has...

Because Serbian does not have articles like English a/an/the.

So Serbian often leaves that distinction unstated, and English translators choose the most natural option from context.

That means:

• Podnosilac can mean the applicant or simply an applicant, depending on context
• boravište can mean a temporary residence or the temporary residence, again depending on context

In official forms and legal sentences, English usually uses the applicant.

Grammatically, podnosilac is a masculine noun.

But in formal and legal Serbian, masculine nouns are often used in a generic way for a person regardless of gender, especially in fixed administrative wording.

So yes, in many official contexts, podnosilac can refer to a female applicant as well, even though the noun itself is grammatically masculine.

This is the neutral, standard word order:

• Podnosilac = subject
• ima = verb
• boravište i prebivalište = objects

So the structure is basically:

Subject + Verb + Object

You could sometimes change the order in Serbian for emphasis, but this version is the most straightforward and natural for official language.

Because the sentence has one subject and one verb, followed by two coordinated objects joined by i (and):

• boravište
• prebivalište

So Serbian, like English, does not need to repeat the verb:

• Podnosilac ima boravište i prebivalište.
• The applicant has temporary residence and permanent residence.

Repeating ima would sound unnecessary unless you wanted special emphasis.

Both are neuter nouns.

A useful clue is the ending -e in the singular dictionary form:

• boravište
• prebivalište

That does not always guarantee neuter in every case, but here it does.

Because they are neuter singular nouns, they also match the pattern where nominative and accusative are identical, which is exactly what you see in this sentence.

It sounds formal and administrative, not especially conversational.

A native speaker would expect this kind of sentence in:

• forms
• applications
• police/registration documents
• legal or bureaucratic texts

In everyday speech, people would often use simpler wording, especially when talking about where someone lives. But in official Serbian, boravište and prebivalište are very common and precise terms.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• Podnosilac ≈ pod-no-SEE-lats
• ima ≈ EE-ma
• boravište ≈ bo-RA-vee-shte
• prebivalište ≈ pre-bee-VA-lee-shte

A few helpful notes:

• š sounds like sh in shoe
• c usually sounds like ts in cats
• stress in Serbian is not usually marked in normal writing, so learners often need to hear the words as well as read them

You could in some contexts, but it may sound too technical or unnatural in everyday English.

More natural translations are usually:

• The applicant has a temporary residence and a permanent residence.
• The applicant has both temporary and permanent residence.
• The applicant has a temporary address and a permanent address.
  
  • This is a little looser, but often easier to understand.

So domicile is not wrong in legal English, but it is more specialized and less common for general learners.