Garantni list ima serijski broj.

to have

Breakdown of Garantni list ima serijski broj.

• serijski broj: a serial number
• garantni list: a warranty certificate

Questions & Answers about Garantni list ima serijski broj.

What does garantni list mean here? Is it literally guarantee sheet?

In this sentence, garantni list means warranty certificate, warranty card, or guarantee document.

Literally, list can mean sheet or paper, but in many official or product-related contexts it means a document/form. So you should not imagine a random sheet of paper; it refers to a specific warranty document.

• garantni = warranty / guarantee-related
• list = document, sheet, form

So garantni list is a fixed expression you will often see with products.

Why does the sentence use ima? Why not some form of to be, like je?

Because Serbian uses imati = to have here, just like English does in the sentence The warranty card has a serial number.

• ima = has
• je = is

So:

• Garantni list ima serijski broj. = The warranty card has a serial number.
• Garantni list je... would mean The warranty card is..., which would be a different kind of sentence.

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