Utakmica počinje u sedam.

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Breakdown of Utakmica počinje u sedam.

• u: at
• sedam: seven
• utakmica: the match

Questions & Answers about Utakmica počinje u sedam.

What does utakmica mean exactly? Is it match or game?

Utakmica usually means a sports match/game. In English, the best translation depends on the sport and context:

• football match
• basketball game
• tennis match

So both match and game can be right. For non-sports game, Serbian more often uses igra.

Why is there no word for the in this sentence?

Serbian does not have articles like English the and a/an. So utakmica can mean:

• a match
• the match

You understand which one is meant from context.

What gender is utakmica?

Utakmica is a feminine noun. Many Serbian nouns ending in -a are feminine.

That matters for things like adjectives and past-tense forms. For example:

• važna utakmica = an important match

In this sentence, though, the verb form počinje does not show gender, so you do not see feminine agreement on the verb.