Lesson 03.Personal Pronouns + Verbs biti (“to be”) & imati (“to have”) | Notion

Lesson Goals

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Use personal pronouns in Serbian (singular & plural)
Conjugate the verb biti (“to be”) in the present tense
Conjugate the verb imati (“to have”) in the present tense
Make basic sentences with biti and imati
Form negative and interrogative sentences with these verbs

1. Personal Pronouns (Nominative)

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	ja — I	mi — we
2nd	ti — you (sing., informal)	vi — you (plural/formal)
3rd	on — he	oni — they (masc. or mixed)
	ona — she	one — they (fem.)
	ono — it	ona — they (neut.)

Serbian distinguishes gender only in the third person singular.

2. **Verb biti – “to be” (Present Tense)**

Person	Singular	Plural
ja	sam	mi smo
ti	si	vi ste
on/ona/ono	je	oni/one/ona su

Examples:

Ja sam student. — I am a student.
Ona je učiteljica. — She is a teacher.
Mi smo prijatelji. — We are friends.

3. **Verb imati – “to have” (Present Tense)**