Žena na recepciji kaže da ima moju rezervaciju.

to have

Breakdown of Žena na recepciji kaže da ima moju rezervaciju.

• moj: my
• na: at
• da: that

Questions & Answers about Žena na recepciji kaže da ima moju rezervaciju.

What does the whole sentence Žena na recepciji kaže da ima moju rezervaciju literally look like word by word?

A natural word-by-word breakdown is:

• Žena = woman
• na recepciji = at the reception / at the front desk
• kaže = says
• da = that
• ima = has
• moju rezervaciju = my reservation

So the sentence is:

The woman at the reception says that she has my reservation.

A more literal English version would be:

Woman at reception says that has my reservation,
but Serbian normally leaves out subject pronouns like she when they are understood.

Why is it na recepciji and not na recepcija?

Because after na meaning at/on, Serbian often uses the locative case when talking about location.

• base form: recepcija = reception
• locative singular: recepciji

So:

• na recepciji = at the reception / at the front desk

This is very common:

• na stolu = on the table
• na poslu = at work
• na recepciji = at reception

Why is na used here? Why not u recepciji?