Moja prijateljica mi često šalje poruke sa posla.
My female friend often sends me messages from work.
Breakdown of Moja prijateljica mi često šalje poruke sa posla.
prijateljica
female friend
moj
my
posao
work
mi
me
Questions & Answers about Moja prijateljica mi često šalje poruke sa posla.
Why is it moja prijateljica, not moj prijateljica?
Because moja has to agree with prijateljica in gender, number, and case.
- prijateljica = female friend
- It is feminine singular nominative
- So the possessive adjective must also be feminine singular nominative: moja
Compare:
- moj prijatelj = my male friend
- moja prijateljica = my female friend
What exactly does prijateljica mean? Is it just friend, or specifically a female friend?
It specifically means a female friend. Serbian often marks the gender of the person in the noun itself.
- prijatelj = male friend
- prijateljica = female friend
So this sentence tells you that the speaker’s friend is a woman.
What is mi doing in this sentence?
mi means to me and is the dative clitic form of the pronoun.
In this sentence:
- moja prijateljica = the subject
- šalje = sends
- poruke = messages
- mi = to me