Za večeru danas jedem pirinač i meso.

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Breakdown of Za večeru danas jedem pirinač i meso.

• jesti: to eat
• danas: today
• večera: dinner

Questions & Answers about Za večeru danas jedem pirinač i meso.

Why is it za večeru and not just večeru?

Za večeru is an idiomatic way to say for dinner in Serbian.

• za = for
• večeru = the accusative form of večera (dinner)

So Za večeru danas jedem... literally feels like For dinner today, I’m eating...

You can also sometimes hear sentences without za, depending on style and context, but za večeru is a very common and natural expression.

Why does večera become večeru?

Because the preposition za usually takes the accusative case here.

The noun is:

• nominative: večera = dinner
• accusative: večeru

So:

• večera = dinner as a dictionary form
• za večeru = for dinner

This is one of the first case changes learners notice in Serbian.

Why is there no word for I, like ja?

In Serbian, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

Here:

• jedem = I eat / I am eating