Ekipa bira koncert ili utakmicu.

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Breakdown of Ekipa bira koncert ili utakmicu.

• birati: to choose
• koncert: the concert
• utakmica: the match

Questions & Answers about Ekipa bira koncert ili utakmicu.

What does ekipa mean here?

Ekipa usually means team, crew, or group of people, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means the team or the group.

A few notes:

• It is a singular noun in Serbian.
• Even though it refers to multiple people, it behaves grammatically like a singular noun, so the verb is also singular: ekipa bira = the team chooses.

What form is bira, and what verb does it come from?

Bira comes from the verb birati, which means to choose or to pick.

Here, bira is:

• 3rd person singular
• present tense

So:

• ja biram = I choose
• ti biraš = you choose
• on/ona/ono bira = he/she/it chooses
• ekipa bira = the team chooses

Why are koncert and utakmicu in those forms?

They are the direct objects of the verb bira, so they are in the accusative case.

That is why you see:

• koncert = accusative singular of an inanimate masculine noun