Neko me je pozvao.

to be

Breakdown of Neko me je pozvao.

• pozvati: to call
• me: me
• neko: someone

Questions & Answers about Neko me je pozvao.

Why is neko used here, and what case is it in?

Neko means someone or somebody. Here it is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.

Its basic form is neko, and that is the form you use when someone is doing the action.

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Why is it me and not ja?

Because me is the object form of I.

• ja = I (subject form)
• me / mene = me (object form)

In Neko me je pozvao, someone is doing the action, and me is receiving the action, so Serbian uses me, not ja.

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What is je doing in this sentence?

Je is the 3rd person singular present form of biti (to be), and here it works as an auxiliary verb to form the past tense.

So the sentence is built like this:

• neko = someone
• me = me
• je = has/is used as the past-tense helper
• pozvao = called

Serbian often forms the past tense with: