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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Endings for the 1st, -am, conjugation group of verbs in Serbian in the Present Tense are
-am - aš - a -amo -ate -aju
Endings for the Accusative Fem. Nouns:
Nouns in Singular + question ''šta'' (what) requires the noun in Accusative - find out what the rule is for the Nouns which are Feminine Singular:
Yes, you are right, the ending for Sg. Fem. Noun in Accusative is - U, while
Sg. Masc and neuter have no endings (at least not in the inanimate category).
Now, let's check what's happening in the Plural with Fem. nouns:
Pl. Masc. gets an -i ending, and it also changes to -e, like in "odgovor" - so for plural, don't think
twice, simply add -E and you'll do it splendidly :)
Neuter nouns in Pl. add -a, but then they don't change in Accusative, which is also very nice. So, we
have the example "odelo" in Sg., "odela" in Pl. and then, "Kupio sam odela" IN Acc. is the same.
Let's practise:
-am - aš - a -amo -ate -aju
Endings for the Accusative Fem. Nouns:
Nouns in Singular + question ''šta'' (what) requires the noun in Accusative - find out what the rule is for the Nouns which are Feminine Singular:
- ŠTA ČEKAŠ? ČEKam tvoj ODGOVOR. (odgovor - answer)
- ŠTA ČITAŠ? ČITam KNJIGU. (knjiga - book)
- ŠTA GLEDAŠ? GLEDam PRIREDBU. (priredba - show)
- ŠTA IGRAŠ? IGRam ODBOJKU. (odbojka - volleyball)
- ŠTA IMAŠ? IMam SVESKU. (sveska - notebook)
Let's practise:
Yes, you are right, the ending for Sg. Fem. Noun in Accusative is - U, while
Sg. Masc and neuter have no endings (at least not in the inanimate category).
Now, let's check what's happening in the Plural with Fem. nouns:
- ŠTA OBOŽAVAŠ? OBOŽAVAM KNJIGe. (knjiga - knjige = book - books)
- ŠTA PEVAŠ? PEVAM PESMe. (pesma - pesme = song -songs)
- ŠTA PRIČAŠ? PRIČAM PRIČe. (priča - priče = story - stories)
- ŠTA KUPUJEŠ? KUPUJEM HALJINe. (haljina - haljine = dress - dresses)
- ŠTA RUČAŠ? RUČAM PEČURKe. (pečurka - pečurke = mashrooms)
- ŠTA ČEKAŠ ? ČEKAM ODGOVORe (odgovori - odgovore = answers)
Pl. Masc. gets an -i ending, and it also changes to -e, like in "odgovor" - so for plural, don't think
twice, simply add -E and you'll do it splendidly :)
Neuter nouns in Pl. add -a, but then they don't change in Accusative, which is also very nice. So, we
have the example "odelo" in Sg., "odela" in Pl. and then, "Kupio sam odela" IN Acc. is the same.
Let's practise:
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Danas je prvi dan, početak.
Želim vam da vas ne boli ono sto vas je bolelo a da vas voli ono sto vas nije volelo.
Želim da vam deca budu bolja od vas, da se više vi hvalite njima nego oni vama...
Duško Radović
Želim vam da vas ne boli ono sto vas je bolelo a da vas voli ono sto vas nije volelo.
Želim da vam deca budu bolja od vas, da se više vi hvalite njima nego oni vama...
Duško Radović
Saturday, December 26, 2009
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
A few days ago Nat, AhoyEnglish sent me this lovely pic with body parts in four languages. Let's listen to Ivan's pronunciation of the words and how they can be used in the context.
Let's start with Fem. Sg. nouns:
Ruka
Noga
Šaka
Glava
*Šta se desilo ? (What's happened?)
**Boli me ruka. (My hand hurts)
*Ruka? Kako si povredio rukU? (Hand? How did you hurt your hand?)
**Sankao sam se i onda sam pao i povredio je.(I was sledding and then I fell over and hurt it: 'her' nju = je = it for Feminine Sg. nouns in accusative)
Now you do the same for noga, šaka, glava: (the answer key is in the comment)
Neuter Sg. nouns:
Rame
Koleno
Stopalo
Uvo (ear)
*Šta se desilo ? (What's happened?)
**Boli me rame. (My shoulder hurts)
*Rame? Kako si povredio rame? (Shoulder? How did you hurt your rame?)
**Sankao sam se i onda sam pao i povredio ga.(I was sledding and then I fell over and hurt it : njega = ga = it for Neuter and Masculine Sg. nouns in accusative)
Masculine Sg. nouns:
Lakat
Nokat
Prst
Zub
*Šta se desilo ? (What's happened?)
**Boli me lakat. (My elbow hurts)
*Lakat? Kako si povredio lakat? (Elbow? How did you hurt your elbow?)
**Sankao sam se i onda sam pao i povredio ga.(I was sledding and then I fell over and hurt it : 'him' njega = ga = it for Neuter and Masculine Sg. nouns in accusative).
Sooooo, what are the sufixes for Accusative case in Singular, for the following genders
(1) Fem.?
(2) Neu.?
(3) Masc.?
For more information about Accusative you can check this document published by Larisa Zlatić