Questions & Answers about Stan moje sestre je dalje od mog posla.
Why is sestre used instead of sestra?
Because Serbian usually expresses possession with the genitive case.
So stan moje sestre literally means the apartment of my sister, which in natural English becomes my sister’s apartment.
- sestra = sister, nominative
- sestre = sister, genitive singular
After a noun like stan, the person who owns it is often put in the genitive:
- auto mog brata = my brother’s car
- kuća moje bake = my grandmother’s house
Why is it moje sestre, not moja sestra?
Because moja sestra is nominative, meaning my sister as the subject of a sentence.
Here, however, sestre is in the genitive because it shows possession, so the possessive word must match it:
- moja sestra = my sister
- stan moje sestre = my sister’s apartment
The pronoun moj changes form depending on gender, number, and case. Since sestre is feminine singular genitive, the correct form is moje.
What case is moje sestre in?
It is in the genitive singular.
Breakdown:
- moje = genitive singular feminine form of moj
- sestre = genitive singular of sestra
Together they mean of my sister.