Practise present-tense word order with reflexive and impersonal se in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. The examples mark the most neutral pattern while showing other possible arrangements.

Word Order in Serbian: Part 4.5

Now that you've learnt the introductory song by heart (napamet), you are ready for more examples with the word order of the sentences with reflexive or impersonal "se". This time I'll cover the word order in the Simple Present tense with all three forms, affirmative, negative and questions. So, let's start :

Reflexive -se: oblačiti se  (to get dressed) Present tense of OBLAČITI SE is :


Affirmative sentences : Subject (S) + predicate (P)


Negations: Subject (S) + NE + predicate (P)

Questions: Subject (S) +  predicate (P)
S + P + AoT(adverb of time) + AoP (adverb of place)

  • Oblačim se svaki dan u kuhinji. N
  • Svaki dan se oblačim u kuhinji. N
  • (I'm not listing all the other combinations as they are not neutral)
  • Moje komšije su čule da se oblačim u kuhinji svaki dan. N
  • Moje komšije su čule da se svaki dan oblačim u kuhinji. N
  • (I'm not listing all the other combinations as they are not neutral)