Pomerili smo izlet i dogovorili se da se nađemo kasnije.

to be

Breakdown of Pomerili smo izlet i dogovorili se da se nađemo kasnije.

• i: and
• da: that
• kasnije: later

Questions & Answers about Pomerili smo izlet i dogovorili se da se nađemo kasnije.

Why is it Pomerili smo and not Smo pomerili?

In Serbian, the auxiliary smo often comes in the second position of the clause. This is a very common word-order rule.

So:

• Pomerili smo izlet = We moved/rescheduled the trip
• not usually Smo pomerili izlet

The first element in the clause can be a single word or a whole phrase, and the auxiliary tends to come right after that first element.

For example:

• Juče smo pomerili izlet. = Yesterday we moved the trip.
• Izlet smo pomerili juče. = The trip, we moved yesterday.

So Pomerili smo is the normal and natural order here.

What form is pomerili?

Pomerili is the past participle form used with the auxiliary smo to make the past tense.

Together:

• pomerili smo = we moved

The verb is pomeriti (perfective), meaning to move, to shift, or in this context to reschedule.

Because the subject is we, the participle is plural masculine/mixed:

• pomerio sam = I moved (male speaker)
• pomerila sam = I moved (female speaker)
• pomerili smo = we moved

In mixed groups or when gender is not specified, Serbian normally uses the masculine plural form.