Selo u kojem žive baka i deda je dalje od grada.

The main subject is selo = village.

The full structure is:

• Selo = the village
• u kojem žive baka i deda = in which grandma and grandpa live
• je dalje od grada = is farther from the city

So u kojem žive baka i deda is just extra information describing selo.

Because Serbian is using a relative clause: the village in which...

• u = in
• kojem = which

So u kojem žive baka i deda literally means in which grandma and grandpa live.

This is a very standard way to say where when you are referring back to a noun such as selo.

Kojem is in the locative singular, because it follows u in the sense of location:

• u selu = in the village
• therefore, with which, you get u kojem = in which

It also agrees with selo, which is:

• neuter
• singular

So the form has to match selo.

Yes. You could say:

Selo gde žive baka i deda je dalje od grada.

That is very natural in everyday speech.

The difference is roughly this:

• u kojem = a bit more explicit, slightly more formal or careful
• gde = very common, conversational, natural

Both are correct here.

Because the subject of that clause is baka i deda = grandma and grandpa.

Since there are two people, the verb is plural:

• baka živi = grandma lives
• deda živi = grandpa lives
• baka i deda žive = grandma and grandpa live

So žive is the 3rd person plural form.

Because je belongs to the main clause, whose subject is selo, not baka i deda.

There are really two clauses here:

1. u kojem žive baka i deda

   • subject: baka i deda
   • verb: žive (plural)

2. Selo ... je dalje od grada

   • subject: selo
   • verb: je (singular)

So the sentence has one plural verb in the relative clause and one singular verb in the main clause.

Dalje means farther or further away.

It is the comparative form related to daleko = far.

• daleko od grada = far from the city
• dalje od grada = farther from the city

So this sentence is not just saying the village is far away; it is saying it is farther away, usually compared with some other place or with what was being discussed before.

Because Serbian often forms comparisons with:

comparative + od + genitive

So:

• dalje = farther
• od = than / from
• grada = genitive of grad

That gives:

dalje od grada = farther from the city

Notice the noun changes:

• grad = city
• grada = of/from the city

Because Serbian does not have articles like English a and the.

So:

• selo can mean a village or the village
• grad can mean a city or the city

The exact meaning comes from context.

That is why Serbian learners of English often struggle with articles, and English speakers learning Serbian have to get used to simply leaving them out.

Serbian often leaves out possessives like my when the relationship is obvious from context, especially with close family members.

So baka i deda can naturally mean:

• grandma and grandpa
• my grandma and grandpa

depending on the situation.

If the speaker wanted to be more explicit, they could say:

moja baka i moj deda

But in many real contexts, that sounds unnecessary.

Not completely. Serbian word order is fairly flexible.

For example, these are also possible:

• Selo u kojem baka i deda žive je dalje od grada.
• Selo gde baka i deda žive je dalje od grada.

These sound natural too.

The version with u kojem žive baka i deda puts the verb early in the relative clause, which is very normal in Serbian. English speakers often expect a more rigid word order, but Serbian allows more variation as long as the grammar is clear.