Autobus ide kroz grad.

Serbian has no articles, so there is no separate word for a/an/the.

So autobus can mean:

• a bus
• the bus

And grad can mean:

• a city / a town
• the city / the town

Which one is meant depends on the context.

Ide is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb ići, which means to go.

Because the subject is autobus (bus), which is singular, Serbian uses ide:

• ja idem = I go / am going
• ti ideš = you go / are going
• on/ona/ono ide = he/she/it goes / is going

Here autobus ide literally means the bus goes or the bus is going.

No. In Serbian, ići is used much more broadly than English to walk. It simply means to go / to move / to travel.

So autobus ide is completely natural and can mean things like:

• the bus goes
• the bus is going
• the bus is moving
• the bus runs

English often uses different verbs depending on context, but Serbian often uses ići.

Kroz means through.

So:

• kroz grad = through the city / through town

It shows movement passing within an area or space.

Compare:

• u grad = into the city
• iz grada = out of the city
• kroz grad = through the city

So if the bus is passing through the city, kroz is the right choice.

After kroz, Serbian uses the accusative case.

So grad here is accusative singular.

For the noun grad:

• nominative: grad
• accusative: grad

These forms look the same because grad is an inanimate masculine noun, and many such nouns have the same nominative and accusative singular form.

So even though the form does not change, the case is still accusative because kroz requires it.

You know from the grammar of the preposition.

In Serbian, certain prepositions always require certain cases.
Kroz requires the accusative, so grad must be accusative here.

This is very common in Serbian: sometimes the case ending is visible, and sometimes it is not.

For example:

• kroz grad = through the city
• kroz ulicu = through the street

In ulicu, you can clearly see the accusative ending. In grad, you cannot, but the case is still accusative.

Yes. Grad can mean both city and town, depending on context.

So kroz grad could be translated as:

• through the city
• through town

If the exact size or status of the place matters, context will usually make it clear.

Yes, Serbian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral, standard order here is:

• Autobus ide kroz grad.

But other orders are possible, depending on emphasis, style, or context:

• Kroz grad ide autobus. = Through the city goes a bus / It’s a bus that is going through the city.
• Autobus kroz grad ide. = possible, but less neutral

For learners, the safest default is the original order:

• subject + verb + prepositional phrase

Yes, Serbian often omits subjects when they are understood from context.

So:

• Ide kroz grad. = It is going through the city / He/she goes through the city, depending on context

However, if you want to make it clear that the subject is the bus, you include autobus.

In this sentence, keeping autobus makes it clear and natural for a learner.

It can mean either:

1. Right now / in progress

   • The bus is going through the city.

2. Habitual / general

   • The bus goes through the city.

Serbian present tense often covers both meanings, and context tells you which one is intended.

Autobus is a masculine noun.

That matters for agreement and case forms.

For example:

• nominative singular: autobus
• genitive singular: autobusa
• accusative singular: autobus (same as nominative because it is inanimate)

Because it is singular, the verb is ide.

Both can exist, but they mean different things.

• Autobus ide kroz grad. = The bus goes / is going through the city.
• Autobus vozi kroz grad. is less natural if autobus is the subject, because voziti usually means to drive or to transport.

More natural alternatives might be:

• Autobus prolazi kroz grad. = The bus passes through the city.
• Autobus se vozi kroz grad. = The bus is being driven through the city / rides through the city

For a simple, neutral statement of movement, ide works very well.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Autobus ≈ OW-toh-boos
• ide ≈ EE-deh
• kroz ≈ krohz
• grad ≈ grahd

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

OW-toh-boos EE-deh krohz grahd

A few helpful notes:

• r in Serbian is rolled or tapped
• z in kroz is pronounced like the z in zoo
• a is usually a clear ah sound

Yes. It is a perfectly natural and simple Serbian sentence.

It sounds like a straightforward statement describing movement. Depending on context, a native speaker might also say:

• Autobus prolazi kroz grad.
• Bus ide kroz grad. (using the borrowed word bus in informal speech)

But Autobus ide kroz grad. is correct, natural, and very good for learning basic Serbian structure.