Questions & Answers about On radi tamo.
Often, on can be dropped.
Serbian verbs usually show the person clearly, so Radi tamo. is a perfectly natural sentence and still means He works there / He is working there.
You keep on when:
- you want to emphasize he
- you want to contrast him with someone else
- you need to make the subject especially clear
For example:
- Radi tamo. = He works there.
- On radi tamo. = He works there / He works there.
Radi is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb raditi.
So the verb pattern is:
- ja radim = I work
- ti radiš = you work
- on/ona/ono radi = he/she/it works
In this sentence, on radi matches he works.
Yes. Serbian does not have a separate tense like English is working for most everyday situations.
So can mean: