Ona radi ovde.

She works here.

Breakdown of Ona radi ovde.

• ona: she
• ovde: here
• raditi: to work

Questions & Answers about Ona radi ovde.

What does each word in Ona radi ovde. do grammatically?

• Ona = she. It is the 3rd person singular feminine subject pronoun.
• radi = works / is working. It is the present-tense form of raditi for he/she/it.
• ovde = here. It is an adverb of place.

So the structure is simply:

subject + verb + adverb of place

Why is it radi?

Radi is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb raditi (to work).

A very useful mini-pattern is:

• ja radim = I work
• ti radiš = you work
• on/ona/ono radi = he/she/it works
• mi radimo = we work
• vi radite = you work
• oni/one/ona rade = they work

Since ona means she, the verb has to be radi.

Does radi mean works or is working?

It can mean both, depending on context.

In Serbian, the present tense of an imperfective verb like raditi often covers both:

• She works here