Moja majka je danas mnogo umorna.

to be

Breakdown of Moja majka je danas mnogo umorna.

• moj: my
• majka: mother
• danas: today

Questions & Answers about Moja majka je danas mnogo umorna.

Why is moja used, and why does it end in -a?

Moja means my. In Serbian, possessive words like moj / moja / moje change to agree with the noun they describe.

Because majka is:

• feminine
• singular
• in the nominative case here

the correct form is moja.

Compare:

• moj brat = my brother
• moja majka = my mother
• moje dete = my child

Why is it majka and not some other form like majke or majci?

Here majka is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case, which is the basic dictionary form.

Serbian changes nouns depending on their role in the sentence:

• majka = mother, as subject
• majke = of the mother / mothers, or sometimes accusative plural depending on context
• majci = to the mother

In Moja majka je danas mnogo umorna, my mother is the one being described, so nominative majka is correct.

Why is je included? What does it mean?

Je is the present-tense form of the verb = .