Questions & Answers about Kesa je baš ovde.
What does kesa mean exactly? Is it any kind of bag?
Usually kesa means a bag, especially a plastic bag, shopping bag, or sometimes a sack depending on context.
So in everyday Serbian, kesa often makes people think of:
- a grocery bag
- a plastic store bag
- a light bag for carrying things
If you mean other kinds of bags, Serbian often uses different words, for example:
- torba = bag, handbag, school bag, larger carry bag
- ranac = backpack
So kesa is not the most general word for every kind of bag.
Why is je used here?
Je is the 3rd person singular form of the verb biti (to be).
So:
- ja sam = I am
- ti si = you are
- on/ona/ono je = he/she/it is
In Kesa je baš ovde, je means is.
So the structure is basically:
- Kesa = the bag / a bag
- je = is
- baš ovde = right here / exactly here
Why isn’t it kesu instead of kesa?