Questions & Answers about Voz danas ide sporije nego juče.
Why is there no word for the in Voz danas ide sporije nego juče?
Serbian does not have articles like a and the. So voz can mean a train or the train, depending on context.
In this sentence, English would usually say the train, but Serbian simply says voz.
What does ide mean here?
Ide is the 3rd person singular present form of ići, meaning to go.
With vehicles, ići often means things like:
- to go
- to move
- to run
- to travel
So Voz danas ide sporije means something like The train is going / moving / running more slowly today.
Does ide here mean goes, is going, or something else?
It can correspond to either goes or is going, depending on context. Serbian present tense often covers both the English simple present and present progressive.
So this sentence could describe:
- what the train is doing right now, or
- how today’s train service is operating today in general
The exact English translation depends on the situation.