Moj posao se završava u osam sati.

My work ends at eight o’clock.

Breakdown of Moj posao se završava u osam sati.

• moj: my
• posao: work
• u: at
• osam: eight

Questions & Answers about Moj posao se završava u osam sati.

Why is it moj posao and not moja posao?

Because posao is a masculine singular noun, and moj has to agree with it.

In Serbian, possessives like moj change for gender, number, and case, unlike English my, which never changes.

Here are the basic nominative forms:

• moj posao = my job/work
• moja knjiga = my book
• moje ime = my name

So moj posao is the correct match.

What exactly does posao mean here?

Posao can mean job, work, or sometimes task, depending on context.

In a sentence like this, it usually means something like:

• my work
• my job
• my workday / shift

So it does not have to mean your whole career or employment in the abstract. It can simply refer to the period of work that ends at eight.

Why is se used here? Does it mean itself?

Not really. In this sentence, se is not best understood as itself.

Here, se završava is a common Serbian way to say ends or comes to an end. Many Serbian verbs use se even when English does not use a reflexive word.