Prijateljica ima auto.

The female friend has a car.

Breakdown of Prijateljica ima auto.

• imati: to have
• auto: car
• prijateljica: female friend

Questions & Answers about Prijateljica ima auto.

Why is it prijateljica and not prijatelj?

Because prijateljica is the feminine form, meaning female friend.

• prijatelj = male friend / friend (male)
• prijateljica = female friend

So the sentence is specifically talking about a woman or girl who is a friend. The gender here is the gender of the person being described, not the speaker.

What does ima mean, and what verb does it come from?

Ima is the 3rd person singular present tense form of imati, which means to have.

So:

• imam = I have
• imaš = you have
• ima = he/she/it has
• imamo = we have
• imate = you all / formal you have
• imaju = they have

In Prijateljica ima auto, ima agrees with prijateljica because that noun is singular.

Why is there no word for a or the in Serbian?

Serbian does not use articles like English a, an, or the.

So prijateljica can mean:

• a female friend
• the female friend