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Questions & Answers about Biblioteka ima katalog.
Why is it biblioteka, and what gender is this noun?
Biblioteka is a feminine singular noun meaning library.
A useful pattern in Serbian is that many nouns ending in -a are feminine, so biblioteka fits that pattern.
In this sentence, it is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing doing the having.
- biblioteka = the library
- subject = Biblioteka
What does ima mean, and what verb is it from?
Ima means has here. It comes from the verb imati, which means to have.
This is the 3rd person singular form, used with he/she/it and singular nouns like biblioteka.
A few present-tense forms of imati are:
- ja imam = I have
- ti imaš = you have
- on/ona/ono ima = he/she/it has
So:
- Biblioteka ima... = The library has...
Why is katalog in that form? Should it change?