Chapter 03

Question 1

All Serbian noun have a gender. What are the three genders?

Answer 1

masculine; feminine; and neuter

Question 2

The gender of the noun is obvious from the ending in which which case?

Answer 2

the nominative case

Question 3

Most masculine nouns end with …

Answer 3

a consonant.

Question 4

What are the soft consonants?

Answer 4

c ć č đ dž lj nj š ž

Question 5

What are the two types of consonants?

Answer 5

hard and soft

Question 6

Some masculine noun end in -o. Why?

Answer 6

Proper names: Marko; Branko. Some nouns which used to end in -l.

Question 7

How do you form the pural for masculine nouns?

Answer 7

Add -i to the end of the word. (hotel - hoteli; avion - avioni; prijatelj - prijatelji)

Question 8

How do you from the pural for monosyllabic masculine nouns with hard consonant endings?

Answer 8

Add -ovi to the end of the word. (sto - stolovi; voz - vozovi)

Question 9

How do you from the pural for monosyllabic masculine nouns with soft consonant endings?

Answer 9

Add -evi to the end of the word. (muž - muževi; ključ - ključevi)

Question 10

Most feminine nouns end with …

Answer 10

the letter -a.

Question 11

Some feminine nouns end with a consonant. The majority of these end with …

Answer 11

… -ost. Which represent abstract nouns.

Question 12

For feminine nouns ending with -a; how is the plural formed?

Answer 12

Replace the letter -a with the letter -e. (torba - torbe; soba - sobe; gospođa - gospođe)

Question 13

For feminine nouns ending with a consonant; how is the plural formed?

Answer 13

Add -i to the end of the word. (noć - noći; stvar - stvari)

Question 14

What letters do neuter nouns end with.

Answer 14

The letters -o or -e.

Question 15

How do you from the plural for neuter nouns?

Answer 15

Replace the letter -o or -e with the letter -a.

Question 16

What is the first use of the nominative case?

Answer 16

It is the subject of the verb in the sentence. “The noun that is doing something”. ‘Vi’ pijete šiljivovicu, a ‘on’ pije pivo. Mislim da ‘Nada’ dolazi sutra.

Question 17

What is the second use of the nominative case?

Answer 17

For the complement of ‘biti’; or marks things that are equal to the subject. Moj sin je ‘dobar student’. Vesn je vrlo ‘lepa žena’. Kažu da nisi ‘Srpkinja’.

Question 18

Does a double negative make the sentence positive?

Answer 18

No; the double negative is required to make the sentence negative.

Question 19

How do you form a double negative sentence?

Answer 19

A negative pronoun or adverb (niko; ništa; nikad) is paired with a negative verb. Nemamo ništa da prijavimo. Ništa ne vidim kroz prozor. Nikad ne putuejm autostopom.

Question 20

What is an adjective?

Answer 20

It describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Question 21

How is an adjective fromed from a proper noun?

Answer 21

The proper noun is use with a small letter with the ending modified. Ovo je beogradski aerodrom. Ovo je srpska zastava. Gledam londonske ulice.

Question 22

What is the vocative case?

Answer 22

It is used to directly address a person of object.

Question 23

How is the vocative case used in a sentence?

Answer 23

Separate the name of the person (or thing) you are addressing from the rest of the sentence with a comma.

Question 24

How is the vocative case formed for masculine nouns ending with a hard consonant?

Answer 24

Add -e to the end of the word. gospodin - gospodine

Question 25

How is the vocative case formed for masculine nouns ending with a soft consonant?

Answer 25

Add -u to the end of the word. prijatelj - prijatelju; Jovanović - Jovanoviću

Question 26

How is the vocative case formed for feminine nouns ending with -a?

Answer 26

Replace -a with -o at the end of the word. Gospođa - gospođo; Nada - Nado

Question 27

How is the vocative case formed for feminine nouns ending with -ca?

Answer 27

Replace -ca with -ce at the end of the word. Ljubica - Ljubice; gosođica - gospođice

Question 28

How is the vocative case formed for nouns ending with a consonant?

Answer 28

Add -i to the end of the word. Noć - noći.