Komšinica zna adresu i vidi ulaz.

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Breakdown of Komšinica zna adresu i vidi ulaz.

• videti: to see
• znati: to know
• komšinica: female neighbor

Questions & Answers about Komšinica zna adresu i vidi ulaz.

What does komšinica mean exactly, and why is it feminine?

Komšinica means female neighbor.

The ending -ica is a common feminine ending in Serbian. This sentence specifically tells you the neighbor is a woman.

A useful comparison:

• komšija = male neighbor, or sometimes just neighbor in a general sense
• komšinica = female neighbor

So the sentence is not talking about just any neighbor in an abstract way; it is specifically referring to a woman.

Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?

Serbian does not have articles like English a/an and the.

So:

• komšinica can mean a neighbor or the neighbor
• adresu can mean an address or the address
• ulaz can mean an entrance or the entrance

Which one is meant depends on context. English requires articles, but Serbian usually leaves that information unstated unless something else makes it clear.

Why is it adresu and not adresa?

Because adresa is the dictionary form, but here it is the direct object of the verb zna.

Serbian changes noun endings depending on case. After a transitive verb like when the noun is the direct object, you usually use the .