y DECLENSION TABLE .€ SINGULAR NOMINATIV j|eak PLURAL Serbian m: dobar prijatel m: dobri prijatelji* f: lepa Zena f: lepe zene n: malo selo n: mala sela GENITIV m: dobrog* prijatelja f: lepe Zene n: malog* sela m: dobrom* prijatelju f: lepoj Zeni n: malom* selu m: dobrog* prijatelja* f: lepu Zenu lo selo n: ma : dobri prijatelju* : lepa Zeno* : malo selo m: dobrim prijateljem* f: lepom Zenom n: malim selom* m: dobrom* prijatelju f: lepoj Zeni nm lom* selu ow DATIV AKUZATI VOKATIV INSTRUMEN LOKATIV m: dobrih prijatelja* f: lepih Zena n: malih sela : dobrim prijateljima epim Zenama :malim selima : dobre prijatelje epe Zene : mala sela m: dobri prijatelji f: lepe Zene n: mala sela TAL m: dobrim prijatejima f: lepim Zenama n: malim selima m: dobrim prijateljima f: lepim zenama n; malim selimaSPECIAL NOTES ,f> speak Serbian NOMINATIV SINGULAR m: dobar prijatelj f: lepa Zena n: malo selo How to determine gender? Masculine generally ends with a consonant Feminine with -a Neuter with -o or -e Ave there any exertions? Unfortunately, yes. * Some masculine nouns could also end with -a (tata, deda, taksista, Nikola, Sasa, komSija...) © There is a special declension for feminine nouns with a consonant as an ending (ljubav, no¢, stvar, rec, jesen, radost, buducnost...) PLURAL m: dobri prijatelji* f: lepe zene q n: mala sela One-Syllalole_ masculine noUnS In Plural form, they get an extension: -ovi: gradovi, drugovi, stanovi, trgovi... -evi: if a noun ends with one of the so-called ‘soft consonants' - ¢, €, DB, §, Z, DZ, Lj, NJ, J (misevi, Cajevi, mecevi, puZzevi...)SPECIAL NOTES ,Q> speak Serbian GENITIV SINGULAR m: dobrog* prijatelja f: lepe Zene n: malog* sela Masculine and neuter adjectives Depending on the last consonant in the stem of an adjective, there are two possible endings: * -og: more frequent ending -eg: if a stem ends with a 'soft consonant’ (¢,¢,),§, Z, DZ, Y, NI, J): oSeg, manjeg, boljeg, smedeg... PLURAL m: dobrih prijatelja* f: lepih zena @gospeakserbian e Some nouns are getting a vowel extension (with a vowel "-a-") if they end in a consonant group: student: studenata, zemlja: zemalja, sestra: sestara, devojka: devojaka, pismo: pisama ¢ There are some exceptions among masculine nouns, that won't get a typical ending -a, but ending -i instead: /judi, sati, stepeni, sekundi, meseci n: malih sela ’ Ang +o Know alvout Genitive Plural: XN ASPECIAL NOTES 440 speak eaten ee = LOKATIV Completely : " SINGULAR os m: dobrom* prijatelju Aiways! F f: lepoj Zeni n: malom* selu Attewnative endings for adyectives: Just like in Genitive (with the same rule applied), \ adjectives can get one of the following endings: © -om: malom, velikom, lepom, starom, teskom... ¢ -em: if a stem ends with a 'soft consonant’ (G ¢),§, Z, DZ, LJ, NJ, J): /oSem, manjem, boljem.. ees INSTRUMENTAL SINGULAR m: dobrim prijateljem* f: lepom Zenom n: malim selom* \ Attemnative endings 4 Lor nouns: The above-mentioned rule-about 'soft consonants' is also applicable in Instrumental, but only for nouns and only for masculine and neuter gender! ¢ -om: drugom, covekom, psom, detetom... © -em: muzem, Milosem, grozdem...SPECIAL NOTES speak Serbian AKUZATIV SINGULAR m: dobrog* prijatelja* f: lepu Zenu n: malo selo Animate ov inanimate? Only in Accusative Singular (masculine gender!), we have to make a distinction between the animate noun (a person or an animal) and inanimate noun ® (refers to a thing or concept), as they are getting different endings here: © (animate): -a: druga, Coveka, psa, brata, doktora... _© (inanimate): -no ending: stan, auto, posao... VOKATIV m: dobri prijatelju* f: lepa Zeno* | n: malo selo Addvessing eo le the wight way: (orsfeks of) ita o) Ty) Masculine nouns/male names: e -e: /for nouns ending in a consonant/: Milane, gospodine, brate... ! some consonants have to be changed: drug: druze, Bog: Boze... ¢ -u: /for nouns ending in a soft consonant/: mladicu, muzu, kralju... Feminine nouns/female names: ¢ no ending: Jelena, Sanja, mama, baba... Same applies to male names ending in -a: Nikola, Sasa, Luka, Nemanja © -o: gospodo, sestro, Majo, Saro (names with two syllables get this ending only if their vowels are long!) e -e: /nouns that end with -ica/: profesorice, drugarice, doktorice... i 4