Questions & Answers about Ne znam tačno kada počinje predstava.
Why is there no ja in the sentence?
Because Serbian usually drops subject pronouns when the verb already shows who the subject is.
- znam = I know
- the ending -m already tells you it is I
So Ne znam tačno kada počinje predstava. is completely natural.
You could say Ja ne znam tačno kada počinje predstava if you want extra emphasis on I.
What does each word mean in this sentence?
Here is a word-by-word breakdown:
- Ne = not
- znam = I know
- tačno = exactly, precisely
- kada = when
- počinje = starts, is starting, begins
- predstava = show, performance, play
So the structure is literally:
- Ne znam = I do not know
- tačno kada = exactly when
- počinje predstava = the show starts
Why is znam used here, not poznajem?
Because Serbian uses znati for knowing a fact or piece of information, and poznavati / poznajem for being familiar with a person, place, or thing.
In this sentence, you are talking about knowing when something happens, so you need znati: