No. 261 in Serbian

јован

"Јован" is the Serbian form of the male given name "John."

In a sentence

Јован је отишао у школу.
Jovan went to school.
The word 'јован' is used here as a proper noun representing a person's name.
Књига припада Јовану.
The book belongs to Jovan.
The word 'јован' in this context is declined to 'Јовану' to indicate possession in the dative case.
Упознао сам неког Јована јуче.
I met a person named Jovan yesterday.
The word 'јован' is used here in its accusative form to represent the subject of the action.

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