Nemoj da uzmeš moje pantalone.

Nemoj is the standard way to tell one person not to do something in Serbian.

So:

• Nemoj da uzmeš... = Don’t take...

It is a negative command, aimed at you singular.

Serbian very often forms a negative command with this pattern:

• nemoj + da + present tense

So:

• Nemoj da uzmeš literally looks like don’t that you take
• but in natural English it simply means don’t take

This is one of the most common Serbian patterns for negative commands.

It is present tense in form, specifically 2nd person singular, from the verb uzeti.

So grammatically:

• uzeti = to take
• uzmeš = you take

But inside nemoj da + present tense, it functions as part of a command:

• Nemoj da uzmeš = Don’t take

So even though uzmeš looks like a present-tense form, the whole expression is understood as an order or warning.

This is about aspect, which is very important in Serbian.

• uzeti → perfective
• uzimati → imperfective

Here, uzmeš comes from uzeti, the perfective verb. It suggests taking something as a complete act, even once.

So:

• Nemoj da uzmeš moje pantalone. = Don’t take my pants.
  • focus: don’t do that act

If you said:

• Nemoj da uzimaš moje pantalone.

that would sound more like:

• don’t keep taking my pants
• don’t be taking my pants
• don’t take my pants in general / repeatedly

So uzmeš is the natural choice if you mean a single completed action.

Because Serbian normally does not make negative commands by simply putting ne before the imperative.

Instead, the usual pattern is:

• nemoj + da + present tense

So the natural sentence is:

• Nemoj da uzmeš moje pantalone.

For a learner, it is safest to remember:

• positive command: Uzmi moje pantalone. = Take my pants.
• negative command: Nemoj da uzmeš moje pantalone. = Don’t take my pants.

Because moj has to agree with the noun it describes.

The noun here is pantalone, which is:

• feminine plural

So the possessive adjective must also be in the matching form:

• moje pantalone = my pants

Compare:

• moj kaput = my coat
• moja jakna = my jacket
• moje pantalone = my pants

So moje is used because of agreement with pantalone.

Yes. Pantalone is a plural-form noun, like English pants or trousers.

So even when you mean one pair of pants, Serbian still uses the plural form:

• pantalone = pants / a pair of pants

This is completely normal.

It is in the accusative, because it is the direct object of uzmeš:

• uzmeš šta? → moje pantalone
• take what? → my pants

However, the form looks the same as the nominative here. That is normal.

So:

• nominative: moje pantalone
• accusative: moje pantalone

In this sentence, the function is accusative, even though the form does not visibly change.

This is a very useful question.

• moje = my
• svoje = one’s own, referring back to the subject

In this sentence, the implied subject is you:

• Nemoj da uzmeš... = Don’t you take...

So if you used svoje, it would refer to your own pants, because the subject is you.

That means:

• Nemoj da uzmeš moje pantalone. = Don’t take my pants.
• Nemoj da uzmeš svoje pantalone. = Don’t take your own pants.

So moje is correct because the speaker means the speaker’s pants, not the listener’s own.

Use nemojte instead of nemoj, and change the verb accordingly:

• Nemojte da uzmete moje pantalone.

This can mean:

• Don’t take my pants. — said to several people
• Don’t take my pants. — said politely/formally to one person

So:

• nemoj = singular informal
• nemojte = plural or formal

Yes, Serbian word order is fairly flexible, but the original sentence is the most neutral and natural:

• Nemoj da uzmeš moje pantalone.

You can move things around for emphasis, for example:

• Moje pantalone nemoj da uzmeš.

This puts extra focus on my pants.

But for learners, the safest default is the original order:

• Nemoj da uzmeš moje pantalone.