Kupac oseća strah.

The buyer feels fear.

Breakdown of Kupac oseća strah.

• osećati se: to feel
• kupac: a buyer
• strah: fear

Questions & Answers about Kupac oseća strah.

What are the grammatical roles of the two nouns in Kupac oseća strah?

Kupac is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.

Strah is the direct object of the verb oseća, so it is in the accusative case.

So the structure is:

• kupac = the customer/buyer
• oseća = feels
• strah = fear

Literally: Customer feels fear.

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Why does strah look the same in the accusative as in the nominative?

Because strah is a masculine inanimate noun, and in Serbian, masculine inanimate nouns usually have:

• nominative singular = same form
• accusative singular = same form

So:

• strah = nominative
• strah = accusative

That is completely normal.

Compare this with a masculine animate noun, where the accusative usually changes form:

• kupac = nominative
• kupca = accusative

So in your sentence, kupac is nominative, while strah is accusative even though it looks unchanged.

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Why is kupac not kupca here?