Moj voz stiže rano u grad.

My train arrives in the city early.

Breakdown of Moj voz stiže rano u grad.

• grad: city
• u: to
• moj: my
• rano: early

Questions & Answers about Moj voz stiže rano u grad.

What does each word in Moj voz stiže rano u grad do grammatically?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• Moj = my
  • possessive adjective
  • masculine singular nominative here
• voz = train
  • masculine singular noun
  • the subject of the sentence
• stiže = arrives / is arriving
  • 3rd person singular present tense
• rano = early
  • adverb
  • describes when the train arrives
• u grad = into/to the city
  • u = into/in/to
  • grad is in the accusative here because it shows movement toward a destination

So the structure is basically:

my train + arrives + early + into/to the city

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Why is it moj and not moja or moje?

Because moj has to agree with voz.

In Serbian, possessive words like moj change to match the noun’s:

• gender
• number
• case

Here:

• voz is masculine
• singular
• nominative (because it is the subject)

So the correct form is moj.

Compare:

• moj voz = my train
• moja knjiga = my book
• moje selo = my village

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