Questions & Answers about Moj posao počinje u osam sati.
What does each word in Moj posao počinje u osam sati do?
- Moj = my
- posao = job / work
- počinje = starts / begins
- u = at / in
- osam = eight
- sati = hours / o’clock in this time expression
So the structure is very close to English: My job starts at eight o’clock.
Why is it moj, not moja or moje?
Because posao is a masculine singular noun, and the possessive adjective has to agree with it.
So:
- moj = masculine singular
- moja = feminine singular
- moje = neuter singular
Since posao is masculine, you say moj posao.
Why is it posao, not some other form like posla or poslu?
Because posao is the subject of the sentence, so it stays in the nominative case.
In this sentence, the job/work is the thing that starts, so Serbian uses the basic dictionary form: