Moj autobus danas stiže kasno.

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Breakdown of Moj autobus danas stiže kasno.

• danas: today
• autobus: bus
• kasno: late

Questions & Answers about Moj autobus danas stiže kasno.

Why is it moj and not moja or moje?

Because autobus is a masculine singular noun, and the possessive word moj has to agree with it in gender, number, and case.

So:

• moj autobus = my bus
• moja karta = my ticket
• moje mesto = my seat/place

Here, autobus is masculine, so moj is the correct form.

What case is autobus in here?

It is in the nominative singular.

That is because autobus is the subject of the sentence — it is the thing doing the action of arriving.

So in Moj autobus danas stiže kasno, the subject is:

• moj autobus = my bus

And the verb stiže matches that subject in 3rd person singular.

Does moj autobus mean I literally own the bus?

No. Just like in English, my bus usually means the bus I’m taking, waiting for, or talking about, not a bus I own.

So moj autobus can mean:

• the bus I’m supposed to catch
• the bus I usually take
• the bus relevant to me in this situation

This is completely normal in Serbian.