Njen sin je kandidat.

to be

Breakdown of Njen sin je kandidat.

• njen: her
• kandidat: the applicant or candidate
• sin: a son

Questions & Answers about Njen sin je kandidat.

Why is njen used here? Does it mean her?

Yes. Njen is the possessive pronoun meaning her.

In this sentence, njen sin means her son. Serbian uses different possessive forms depending on whose something is:

• njen = her
• njegov = his

So Njen sin is specifically her son, not his son.

Why is it njen, not njena or njeno?

Because possessive pronouns in Serbian agree with the noun they describe.

The noun here is sin (son), which is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the correct form is njen.

Compare:

• njen sin = her son
• njena ćerka = her daughter
• njeno dete = her child

So the ending changes to match the noun, not just the owner.

Does njen change in other cases too?

Yes. Njen declines, much like an adjective.

Some examples:

• njen sin = her son
• njenog sina = of her son / her son (accusative, animate)