Volim voće, posebno jabuke i banane.

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Breakdown of Volim voće, posebno jabuke i banane.

• i: and
• voće: fruit
• posebno: especially

Questions & Answers about Volim voće, posebno jabuke i banane.

Why is there no ja in Volim voće?

Because Serbian often drops the subject pronoun when it is already clear from the verb form.

• volim = I love / I like
• so ja is not necessary

You can say Ja volim voće, but it usually adds emphasis, like I like fruit.

What exactly is volim?

Volim is the 1st person singular present tense form of the verb voleti (to love / to like).

So:

• ja volim = I like / I love
• ti voliš = you like
• on/ona/ono voli = he/she/it likes

In everyday Serbian, voleti is commonly used for both loving and liking, depending on context.

Why is voće singular if the meaning is fruit in general?

In Serbian, voće is usually treated as a collective or mass noun, similar to English fruit when it means the category in general.

So:

• Volim voće = I like fruit
• not necessarily one fruit

Grammatically, is a , even though its meaning is collective.