Moja sestra želi fotografiju sa porodicom.

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Breakdown of Moja sestra želi fotografiju sa porodicom.

• porodica: family
• sestra: sister
• želeti: to want

Questions & Answers about Moja sestra želi fotografiju sa porodicom.

Why is fotografiju ending in -u instead of appearing as fotografija?

Because it is in the accusative case, not the dictionary form.

• fotografija = nominative singular, the basic form
• fotografiju = accusative singular

In this sentence, želi means wants, and the thing being wanted is the direct object, so Serbian uses the accusative:

• Moja sestra želi fotografiju. = My sister wants a photograph.

This is very common with feminine nouns ending in -a:

• nominative: knjiga
• accusative: knjigu

So:

• fotografija → fotografiju

Why is it sa porodicom and not sa porodica?

Because the preposition sa / s(a) usually requires the instrumental case when it means with.

• porodica = nominative
• porodicom = instrumental

So:

• sa porodicom = with the family

This is a very important pattern in Serbian:

• sa prijateljem = with a friend
• sa sestrom = with my sister
• sa porodicom = with the family