Idemo kroz park.

to go

Breakdown of Idemo kroz park.

• park: park
• kroz: through

Questions & Answers about Idemo kroz park.

Why is there no word for we in Idemo kroz park?

In Serbian, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

• idem = I go / am going
• ideš = you go
• ide = he/she/it goes
• idemo = we go / are going
• idete = you plural / formal go
• idu = they go

So idemo already means we go / we are going, and adding mi is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis:

• Mi idemo kroz park. = We are going through the park.

What form is idemo?

Idemo is the 1st person plural present tense form of the verb ići (to go).

So:

• ići = to go
• idemo = we go / we are going

This verb is somewhat irregular, so its forms need to be learned rather than built in a completely predictable way.

Why is it kroz park and not kroz parkom or kroz parka?

The preposition kroz requires the accusative case.

The noun park is masculine and inanimate, and for masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular is the same as the nominative singular: