Ovaj autobus ide prema centru.

to go

Breakdown of Ovaj autobus ide prema centru.

• autobus: bus
• ovaj: this
• centar: center

Questions & Answers about Ovaj autobus ide prema centru.

Why is it ovaj and not some other form like ovu or ovog?

Because ovaj agrees with autobus, which is the subject of the sentence.

• autobus is masculine singular
• the subject here is in the nominative case
• so the correct form is ovaj autobus

Compare:

• ovaj autobus = this bus
• ovu ulicu = this street
• ovog vozača = this driver (in a different case)

So ovaj is the masculine singular nominative form.

How do we know that autobus is masculine?

In Serbian, nouns that end in a consonant are very often masculine, and autobus fits that pattern.

So:

• autobus = masculine
• singular nominative: autobus
• with a matching demonstrative: ovaj autobus

This is why you get ovaj autobus, not ova autobus or ovo autobus.

Why is the verb ide and not idu?

Because the subject is singular: ovaj autobus = this bus.

The verb means , and in the present tense: