Questions & Answers about Znam odgovor na pitanje.
What does each word in Znam odgovor na pitanje mean?
- znam = I know
- odgovor = answer
- na = usually on, onto, or in some expressions to
- pitanje = question
So the sentence literally looks like I know answer to question, and the natural English meaning is I know the answer to the question.
Why is there no word for the in this sentence?
Serbian does not have articles like the or a/an. That means nouns such as odgovor and pitanje appear without any article.
So:
- odgovor can mean an answer or the answer
- pitanje can mean a question or the question
You understand which one is meant from context. In this sentence, English naturally uses the answer to the question, but Serbian does not need separate words for that.
Why is it just znam and not ja znam?
In Serbian, the verb ending usually already tells you who the subject is.
- znam = I know
- znaš = you know