Moj otac sada dolazi iz kancelarije.

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Breakdown of Moj otac sada dolazi iz kancelarije.

• dolaziti: to come
• moj: my
• otac: father

Questions & Answers about Moj otac sada dolazi iz kancelarije.

Why is it moj otac and not just otac?

Serbian often allows possessives to be omitted when the meaning is obvious, so Otac sada dolazi iz kancelarije can also work.

Adding moj makes it explicitly my father. It can sound:

• more specific,
• slightly more emphatic,
• or simply natural depending on context.

So both are possible, but moj otac directly matches English my father.

What case is otac here?

Otac is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence — the person doing the action.

Its basic dictionary form is otac = father.

In this sentence:

• moj otac = my father
• he is the one who dolazi = is coming / comes

Why is it dolazi? What does that form mean?

Dolazi is the 3rd person singular present tense of dolaziti.

That means it agrees with otac, which is:

• he
• singular

So:

• ja dolazim = I come / am coming
• ti dolaziš = you come / are coming
• on/ona dolazi = he/she comes / is coming

Here, dolazi means is coming or comes, depending on context.