Word
Poslodavac pregovara o plati.
Meaning
The employer is negotiating the salary.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Poslodavac pregovara o plati.
o
about
poslodavac
the employer
plata
the salary
pregovarati
to negotiate
Questions & Answers about Poslodavac pregovara o plati.
Why is it o plati and not o plata?
Because the preposition o usually requires the locative case when it means about / concerning.
- Base form: plata = salary
- Locative singular: plati
So:
- o plati = about the salary
This is a very common pattern in Serbian:
- pričati o poslu = to talk about work
- razmišljati o budućnosti = to think about the future
- pregovarati o plati = to negotiate about salary
What exactly does pregovara mean here?
Pregovara is the 3rd person singular present tense of pregovarati, which means to negotiate.
So:
- ja pregovaram = I negotiate / am negotiating
- ti pregovaraš = you negotiate
- on/ona/ono pregovara = he/she/it negotiates
In this sentence, poslodavac is singular, so the verb is also singular:
- Poslodavac pregovara = The employer is negotiating
Depending on context, Serbian present tense can correspond to English:
- negotiates
- is negotiating
- sometimes even does negotiate