Chapter 04

Question 1

The accusative case can be determined by asked which questions?

Answer 1

Šta?; Koga? Ima veliki crni kišobran. Šta ima? Kišbran.; Vidim more. Šta vidiš? More.

Question 2

The accusative case is used to show to the _________ of the transitive verb?

Answer 2

direct object

Question 3

The formation of accusative singular masculine inanimate nouns and neuter nouns is the same as what other case?

Answer 3

nominative

Question 4

How is the accusative singular masculine inanimate nouns formed?

Answer 4

No change; no final letter is added. Ovo je kišobran - Imam kišobran.

Question 5

How is the accusative singular neuter nouns formed?

Answer 5

No change; no final letter is added. Ovo je naliv-pero - Vidim naliv-pero.

Question 6

How is the accusative singular masculine animate nouns formed?

Answer 6

Add the letter -a to the end of the word. Ovo je moj sin - Vidim sina.

Question 7

How is the accusative singular feminine nouns ending in a consonant formed?

Answer 7

No change; no final letter is added. Ovo je lepa noć - Volim noć.

Question 8

How is the accusative singular feminine nouns ending in -a formed?

Answer 8

Replace -a with -u. Ovo je moja ulica - Volim ovu ulicu.

Question 9

How is the masculine accusative plural noun formed?

Answer 9

By removing the final -i of the nominative plural and replacing it with -e. Ovde hoteli nisu dobri. - Ne volim ove hotele.

Question 10

How is the neuter accusative plural noun formed?

Answer 10

It is the same as the nominative plural. Ovo su prijatna mala sela - Volim ova mala sela.

Question 11

How is the feminine accusative plural noun formed?

Answer 11

It is the same as the nominative plural; whether they end in a consonant or in -a. To su naše stvari. - Svi nosimo stvari. To su naše torbe. - Svi nosimo torbe.

Question 12

Without a preposition; what is the genitive case is used primarily to denote?

Answer 12

possession. Ovo je slika moje ćerke.

Question 13

What case is used after nearly 80 per cent of all preposition?

Answer 13

genitive case. (iz + gen) Da li ste iz Beograda?; Izvadi pasoše iz torbe. (blizu + gen) Hotel je blizu autouske stanice.

Question 14

How is the genitive singular masculine nouns forms?

Answer 14

Add the letter -a to the end of the word. To je torba gospodina Jovanovića.

Question 15

How is the genitive singular neuter nouns forms?

Answer 15

Replace the letter -o or -e at the end of the word with the letter -a. Grad je nedaleko od mora.

Question 16

How is the genitive singular feminine nouns ending with in -a formed?

Answer 16

Replace the letter -a with the letter -e. Mi smo iz Engleske.

Question 17

How is the genitive singular feminine nouns ending is a consonant formed?

Answer 17

Add the letter -i to the end of the word. Posle te lepe noći…

Question 18

For all genders, how the genitive plural formed?

Answer 18

The word ends with the letter -a; expect of nouns ending in a consonant, which have genitive plural in -i.

Question 19

What case follows the word ‘Evo’?

Answer 19

genitive case. (Evo + gen). Evo mora! Evo naše adrese!

Question 20

What case follows the word ‘Nema’?

Answer 20

genitive case. (Nema + negative verb + gen.) Nema nikoga kod kuće. Nema ni novca ni novčanika.

Question 21

What does the accusative case refers to: direct object or indirect object?

Answer 21

direct object

Question 22

Which four prepositions are used with the accusative case?

Answer 22

kroz - through; za - for; u - in into; na - on onto

Question 23

Which two prepositions denoting motion are used with the accusative case?

Answer 23

u - Idemo u grad; na - Stavljam kafu na sto.

Question 24

Which two prepositions are used with the accusative case?

Answer 24

kroz - Pospai putnik gleda kroz prozor; za - Ovo je pismo za moju majku.

Question 25

Which preposition denoting motion is use for closed spaces?

Answer 25

u - Idemo u grad.

Question 26

Which preposition denoting motion is use for open spaces?

Answer 26

na - Stavljam kafu na sto.

Question 27

Airports; stations and islands are thought of as what type of space?

Answer 27

open space

Question 28

A park is often thought of as what type of space?

Answer 28

closed space