Bez obzira na nepuno radno vreme, uzeo je bolovanje.

Bez obzira na is a fixed expression meaning regardless of, irrespective of, or in many contexts despite.

In this sentence, it introduces a contrast:

• Bez obzira na nepuno radno vreme = Despite his part-time work / Regardless of the fact that he works part-time

A very useful thing to remember is that bez obzira na is learned best as one chunk.

After bez obzira na, Serbian normally uses the accusative.

So:

• nepuno radno vreme is in the accusative singular

Here, though, it looks the same as the nominative because vreme is a neuter noun, and many neuter nouns have the same form in nominative and accusative singular.

So even though the form does not change visibly, the case is still accusative.

It means part-time work, part-time hours, or part-time employment.

Literally:

• nepuno = not full / incomplete
• radno = work-related / working
• vreme = time

So the phrase literally suggests non-full working time, which corresponds to part-time in English.

A closely related phrase is:

• puno radno vreme = full-time

This is because je is a clitic in Serbian. Clitics usually cannot stand in the very first position of their clause and typically come after the first stressed element.

In the clause:

• uzeo je bolovanje

the first stressed word is uzeo, so je comes right after it.

So:

• Uzeo je bolovanje. = natural
• Je uzeo bolovanje. = not normal standard word order

You can also get:

• On je uzeo bolovanje.

There, je comes after on, which is now the first element of the clause.

Uzeo je is the past tense.

It is formed with:

• the l-participle: uzeo
• the auxiliary jesam in clitic form: je

So:

• uzeo je = he took / he has taken

The form uzeo shows that the subject is:

• masculine singular

Compare:

• uzeo je = he took
• uzela je = she took
• uzelo je = it took

In Serbian past tense, the participle agrees with the subject in gender and number.

So uzeo tells you the subject is:

• masculine singular

Even though the sentence does not explicitly say he, the form itself shows it:

• uzeo je = he took

If the subject were female, it would be:

• uzela je bolovanje

Bolovanje means sick leave, meaning a period when someone is officially away from work because of illness.

It is a noun, and in everyday Serbian it is very common in work-related and medical contexts.

Examples:

• na bolovanju je = he/she is on sick leave
• otvoriti bolovanje = to have sick leave approved/opened
• uzeti bolovanje = to take sick leave

Yes, it is a standard and very common expression.

Literally, uzeo je bolovanje means he took sick leave, which is quite close to English take sick leave.

So this is not strange Serbian at all—it is the normal collocation.

Another common way to express a similar idea is:

• otišao je na bolovanje = he went on sick leave

Both are natural, though they are not always identical in nuance.

It is in the accusative because it is the direct object of uzeo je.

So:

• uzeo je šta? → bolovanje

Again, the form looks the same as nominative because bolovanje is a neuter singular noun.

Not exactly, but they can overlap.

• bez obzira na = regardless of / irrespective of / despite
• uprkos = despite, in spite of
• i pored = despite, even with

In many sentences they can express a similar idea, but they are not always interchangeable word-for-word.

For example:

• Bez obzira na nepuno radno vreme...
• Uprkos nepunom radnom vremenu...
• I pored nepunog radnog vremena...

All are possible, but notice something important:

• bez obzira na takes accusative
• uprkos usually takes dative
• i pored takes genitive

So the grammar changes with the expression.

The comma separates the introductory phrase from the main clause.

So the structure is:

• Bez obzira na nepuno radno vreme, = introductory contrast phrase
• uzeo je bolovanje. = main clause

This punctuation is natural and helps readability.

Yes. Serbian often leaves that kind of information implicit when it is clear from context.

So:

• Bez obzira na nepuno radno vreme can naturally mean
  • despite working part-time
  • despite his part-time schedule
  • despite the fact that he has a part-time job

Serbian often sounds less explicit than English in this kind of phrase.

It can suggest either, depending on context.

Nepuno radno vreme most basically means part-time working hours / part-time employment. In real usage, it often refers to the person’s employment arrangement overall, not just the abstract number of hours.

So the sentence could be understood as:

• Even though he works part-time, he took sick leave.

That is probably the most natural interpretation.

Yes, definitely.

For example:

• Iako radi nepuno radno vreme, uzeo je bolovanje. = Although he works part-time, he took sick leave.

This version uses a full subordinate clause:

• iako = although
• radi = he works

So Serbian gives you two common patterns:

• bez obzira na
  • noun phrase
• iako
  • full clause

Both are natural, but the original sentence is a bit more compact and nominal in style.