U našem hotelu ima mnogo turista.

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Breakdown of U našem hotelu ima mnogo turista.

• u: in
• naš: our
• mnogo: many

Questions & Answers about U našem hotelu ima mnogo turista.

Why is it u našem hotelu and not something like u naš hotel?

Because after u meaning in/inside, Serbian uses the locative case for location.

So:

• hotel → basic form (nominative)
• u hotelu → in the hotel (locative)
• naš → must also change to match the noun
• u našem hotelu → in our hotel

Both words change because Serbian marks grammar with endings:

• naš → našem
• hotel → hotelu

So u našem hotelu literally means in our hotel.

Why does u take the locative here?

The preposition u can be used with different cases depending on meaning:

• u + locative = in / at a place, when talking about location
• u + accusative = into a place, when talking about movement

Here the sentence describes where the tourists are, not movement, so Serbian uses locative:

• U našem hotelu ima mnogo turista. = location

Compare:

• Idem u hotel. = I’m going into the hotel.
  (movement → accusative)
• Ja sam u hotelu. = I am in the hotel.
  (location → locative)