Prodavac ima piletinu.

The seller has chicken.

Breakdown of Prodavac ima piletinu.

• imati: to have
• piletina: chicken meat
• prodavac: seller or shop assistant

Questions & Answers about Prodavac ima piletinu.

Why is it piletinu and not piletina?

Because piletinu is in the accusative case, which is the case used for the direct object of the verb.

• Base form: piletina
• Accusative singular: piletinu

In this sentence, piletinu is the thing being had, so it must be in the accusative.

A very common pattern is:

• nominative for the subject
• accusative for the direct object

So:

• Prodavac = subject
• ima = verb
• piletinu = direct object

What form is ima?

Ima is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb imati, which means to have.

Present tense of imati:

• ja imam = I have
• ti imaš = you have
• on/ona/ono ima = he/she/it has
• mi imamo = we have
• vi imate = you all / you formal have
• oni/one/ona imaju = they have

So Prodavac ima piletinu literally follows the pattern:

seller + has + chicken

What exactly does prodavac mean?