Cases Flashcards
What questions does the Nominative case answer?
Tko je to? (who is it?)
Što je to? (what is it?)
Masculine endings and examples for Nominative case?
Ends with a consonant.
examples: Brat, Zagreb
Feminine endings and examples for Nominative case?
-A
e.g., žena, Hrvatska
Neuter endings and examples nominative case?
-O, -E
e.g., vino, more
What questions does the Genitiv case answer?
Koga? ((to whom does this belong?)whose, for people/animals)
Čega? ((To what does this belong) whose, for things)
(Odakle?) (from where?)
Masculine endings in Genitiv case?
-A
e.g.:
Ja sam iz Zagreba.
Ja sam pokraj brata.
Feminine endings in Genitiv case?
-E
e.g.
žene, blizu Hrvatske
Neuter case endings in the Genitive case?
-A
e.g.,
Vina, blizu Mora, Iz Osla
What questions does the Akuzativ case answer?
Koga? (whom?)
Što? (what?)
Gdje? (where?)
Masculine case endings in Akuzative case?
-Ø or -A (for people and animals)
e.g.,
Imaš li bicikl?
Imate li brata?
Kuham ručak.
Feminine ending in Akuzative case?
-U
e.g.,
Imaš li knjigu?
Imam Sestru.
Idem u Hrvatsku
Neuter endings in Akuzativ case?
-O, -E
e.g., Imate li vino?
Imaš li dijete?
What pronouns are used in Akuzative case with verbs of movement?
NA, U
What verbs of movement use NA and U prepositions?
ići (to go)
putovati (to travel)
What case goes with the pronoun ZA (for)? e.g., Poklon za mamu.
Akuzativ case
Poklon za mamu: gift for mom
What questions does the Lokativ case answer?
O kome? (about whom?)
O čemu? (about what?)
Gdje (where?) static!
Lokative case is used in situations similar to state of being phrases
What prepositions go with Lokativ case?
U, NA, O, PO
Po: all over/around
The prepositions, U, NA, O, and PO all may go with what case?
Lokativ case
Masculine endings in the Lokativ case?
-U
e.g.,
Ja sam u Zabrebu.
Šetam po parku
Ja pričam o Zagrebu.
Feminine endings in Lokativ case?
-I, -OJ
e.g.,
živim u Puli, u Hrvatskoj
Ja pričam o ženi.
Ja šetam po tržnici.
In the feminine Lokativ case, which endings change to -OJ?-
-ska
-ška
-čka
e.g., Where do you live?
Španjolska: u Španjolskoj
Češka: u Češkoj
Njemačka: u Njemačkoj
Neuter endings in Lokativ case?
-U
e.g.,
O moru
živim u Oslu, na moru.
What questions does the Instrumental case answer?
s kim? (with whom?)
s čim? (with what?)
Čime? (by what form of transport?)
Masculine endings in the Instrumental case?
-OM, -EM
e.g.,
Idem s Johnom na kavu.
Idem s prijateljem na kavu.
Which noun endings in the Instrumental case change to -em?
č, ć, dž, đ, lj, nj, j, š, ž
e.g,,
Maric: s Maričem
tramvaj: tramvajem
muž: s mužem
What questions does the Dativ case answer?
Komu? (to whom?)
Čemu? (to what?)
Kamo? (to where?)
What prepositions do we use with Dativ case?
K, prema
k: with
Prema: to (used with places, i.e,, idem prema trgu.)
Masculine endings in the dative case?
-U
e.g.,
ldem k liječniku
Idem prema trgu
Feminine endings in the dative case?
-I, OJ
e.g.,
Idem k sestri.
Idem k baki.
Idem prema Baškoj.
Neuter endings in the dative case?
-U
idem k djetetu
idem prema moru
Dijete (child) is an exception. How do you say this in each case?
Nominativ: dijete
Genitiv: djeteta
Dativ: djetetu
Akusative: dijete
Lokativ: djetetu
instrumental: djetetom
