U subotu idemo u bioskop.

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

Here, idemo means we go / we are going, so mi (we) is not necessary.

• idem = I go
• ideš = you go
• ide = he/she/it goes
• idemo = we go
• idete = you all go
• idu = they go

You could say Mi idemo u bioskop, but it usually sounds more natural to leave mi out unless you want emphasis.

Idemo is the 1st person plural present tense of the verb ići, which means to go.

So idemo can mean:

• we go
• we are going
• and, depending on context, even we’re going to go

In this sentence, it refers to a planned future action, so English would often use we’re going rather than simple we go.

This is very normal in Serbian. The present tense is often used for a future event when it is:

• planned,
• scheduled,
• or clearly understood from context.

So U subotu idemo u bioskop literally uses present tense, but it naturally means On Saturday, we’re going to the cinema.

English does something similar:

• On Saturday we’re going to the cinema.

So this is not strange at all—it is one of the common ways Serbian talks about future plans.

Because after u in this time expression, subota changes into the accusative case.

• nominative: subota = Saturday
• accusative: subotu

So:

• u subotu = on Saturday

This is a fixed and very common pattern with days of the week when talking about a specific upcoming day.

The preposition u has several meanings depending on context and case.

In this sentence:

• u subotu = on Saturday → time expression
• u bioskop = to / into the cinema → movement toward a place

So the same preposition is doing two different jobs:

1. marking time
2. marking direction

This is very common in Serbian, and you usually understand the meaning from the noun and the situation.

Because this sentence shows movement toward the cinema, not location inside it.

With u:

• u + accusative = motion into / to
• u + locative = location in / inside

So:

• Idemo u bioskop = We are going to the cinema.
• Mi smo u bioskopu = We are in the cinema.

In this sentence, bioskop is a masculine inanimate noun, and its accusative singular looks the same as the nominative:

• nominative: bioskop
• accusative: bioskop
• locative: bioskopu

It is in the accusative singular.

That is because u takes the accusative when it expresses movement toward a place.

For masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative often looks exactly like the nominative, which is why you see bioskop rather than a different form.

Compare:

• bioskop = nominative
• u bioskop = accusative after movement
• u bioskopu = locative after location

They are related, but not the same.

• u subotu usually means on Saturday = one specific Saturday
• subotom usually means on Saturdays = habitually, every Saturday, or generally

Examples:

• U subotu idemo u bioskop. = We’re going to the cinema on Saturday.
• Subotom idemo u bioskop. = We go to the cinema on Saturdays.

So in your sentence, u subotu points to one particular Saturday.

Yes, Serbian word order is fairly flexible.

The neutral order here is:

• U subotu idemo u bioskop.

But you could also hear:

• Idemo u bioskop u subotu.
• U bioskop idemo u subotu.

These versions are all possible, but they shift the emphasis slightly.

• U subotu... emphasizes the time first.
• Idemo u bioskop... starts with the action.
• U bioskop... emphasizes the destination.

The original sentence sounds very natural and neutral.

In Serbian, days of the week are normally written with a lowercase letter, not a capital one.

So:

• ponedeljak
• utorak
• sreda
• četvrtak
• petak
• subota
• nedelja

This is different from English, where Saturday must be capitalized.

No. Bioskop is very common in Serbian, especially in Serbia. You may also encounter kino, especially in some regional varieties and neighboring languages.

For standard Serbian in Serbia, bioskop is very natural and common.

So:

• Idemo u bioskop = perfectly standard and natural

Ići means to go in the general sense of moving somewhere.

So idemo u bioskop means we are going to the cinema.

By contrast:

• hodati = to walk
• šetati = to stroll, to take a walk

If you said šetamo do bioskopa, that would suggest walking as the manner of movement. But idemo u bioskop simply expresses the destination, not how you get there.

It is pronounced roughly BEE-o-skop, with all the vowels clearly pronounced.

A simple English-friendly approximation would be:

• bee-oh-skop

Serbian pronunciation is quite regular, so each written vowel is normally heard clearly:

• bi-o-skop

Not like one blended English vowel sound, but three clear syllables.