Družimo se posle posla.

Družimo se comes from the verb družiti se, which means to hang out, to spend time together, or to socialize.

The se is part of the verb itself. In many cases, Serbian uses se with verbs that are reflexive or simply behave like fixed se-verbs. Here, it does not literally mean ourselves in the English sense. So you should learn družiti se as a whole verb.

• družim se = I hang out / I socialize
• družimo se = we hang out / we are hanging out

So in this sentence, družimo se means something like we’re hanging out or we hang out.

Because Serbian usually does not need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, družimo ends in -mo, which tells you the subject is we.

So:

• Mi se družimo = We hang out
• Družimo se = We hang out

Both are correct, but Serbian often leaves out mi unless you want to emphasize it.

It is in the present tense.

However, like in many languages, the present tense can have more than one use depending on context. It can mean:

• a habitual action: We hang out after work
• a current/future arrangement: We’re hanging out after work

So this sentence could describe either a regular habit or a plan, depending on the situation.

Because posle is a preposition that requires the genitive case.

The noun posao means work/job in the dictionary form, but after posle it changes to the genitive singular:

• posao = work/job
• posla = of work / after work

So:

• posle posla = after work

This is a very common Serbian pattern: a preposition determines which case the following noun must take.

Yes, posle posla is a very natural and common way to say after work.

You may also see nakon posla, which also means after work and is correct, but posle posla is very everyday and conversational.

So both work, but posle posla sounds very normal in speech.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

DROO-zhee-mo seh POS-leh POS-lah

A few important sounds:

• ž sounds like the s in measure
• r is trilled or tapped
• j sounds like English y
• š would sound like sh, but it does not appear in this sentence

So družimo is roughly DROO-zhee-mo, not droo-ji-mo.

It can mean both.

Depending on context, družiti se can mean:

• to hang out together
• to spend time together
• to socialize
• to be friendly/social with someone

So Družimo se posle posla could suggest coworkers spending time together socially after work, not necessarily close friends only.

Yes. Serbian word order is fairly flexible, although some orders sound more neutral than others.

The most neutral version here is:

• Družimo se posle posla.

But you could also hear:

• Posle posla se družimo.
• Mi se družimo posle posla.

These variations can slightly shift emphasis:

• Družimo se posle posla = neutral
• Posle posla se družimo = emphasizes after work
• Mi se družimo posle posla = emphasizes we

Sometimes in context, yes, but literally družimo se is closer to we hang out or we socialize, not simply we meet.

If you want to say we are meeting after work, Serbian might more directly use something like:

• Nalazimo se posle posla. = We’re meeting after work.

So družimo se suggests the social activity itself, while nalazimo se focuses more on the meeting arrangement.

The dictionary form is družiti se.

Here is the present tense:

• ja se družim = I hang out
• ti se družiš = you hang out
• on/ona/ono se druži = he/she/it hangs out
• mi se družimo = we hang out
• vi se družite = you hang out
• oni/one/ona se druže = they hang out

In your sentence, družimo se is the we form.

Notice that se often comes right after the first stressed element or near the verb, so you may see both teaching-style forms like mi se družimo and sentence forms like družimo se.

In Serbian, short unstressed words like se often follow special placement rules. In simple sentences, se commonly appears near the beginning of the clause, often after the first stressed word or phrase.

So:

• Družimo se posle posla. = natural
• Mi se družimo posle posla. = also natural

Learners often expect se to behave exactly like self words in English, but it does not. Its position is part of Serbian clitic placement rules, and it is best learned through examples.

Yes. That is a very good natural translation.

Depending on context, all of these can work:

• We hang out after work.
• We’re hanging out after work.
• We spend time together after work.
• We socialize after work.

The best choice depends on the situation, but they all capture the general meaning of Družimo se posle posla.