Pronouns Flashcards
Decline “I” or “me”
Declines as a feminine “a” noun in genitive, dative, locative and instrumental.
N. Ja
Gen. Mene (me)
Dat. Meni (mi)
Acc. Mene (me)
Inst. Mnom, mnome
Loc. Meni
Decline “you”
Declines as a feminine “a” noun in genitive, dative, locative and instrumental.
N. Ti
Gen. Tebe (te)
Dat. Tebi (ti)
Acc. Tebe (te)
Inst. Tobom
Loc. Tebi
Decline the reflexive pronoun “sebe” or “se”
Declines as a feminine “a” noun in genitive, dative, locative and instrumental.
Gen. Sebe
Dat. Sebi
Acc. Sebe (se)
Inst. Sobom
Loc. Sebi
Can use this to form “myself”, himself”, “herself” and “itself”
Decline “we” or “us”
Declines as a feminine “a” noun in dative, locative and instrumental.
Nom. Mi
Gen. Nas
Dat. Nama (Nam)
Acc. Nas
Inst. Nama
Loc. Nama
Decline “you” plural
Declines as a feminine “a” noun in dative, locative and instrumental.
Nom. Vi
Gen. Vas
Dat. Vama (Vam)
Acc. Vas
Inst. Vama
Loc. Vama
Decline “he” or “him”
Declines similar in pattern to masculine noun, although Inst. is a bit different
Nom. On
Gen. Njega (ga)
Dat. Njemu (mu)
Acc. Njega (ga) (nj) (usually use “ga”)
Inst. Njime (njim)
Loc. Njemu
Decline “it”
Declines similar in pattern to masculine noun, although Inst. is a bit different
Nom. Ono
Gen. Njega (ga)
Dat. Njemu (mu)
Acc. Njega (ga) (nj)
Inst. Njime (njim)
Loc. Njemu
Decline “she” or “her”
Declines similar in pattern to feminine noun/adjective
Nom. Ona
Gen. Nje (je)
Dat. Njoj (joj)
Acc. Nju, ju, je (use “je” in most instances)
Inst. Njome (njom)
Loc. Njoj
Decline “they” or “them”
Declines with similar pattern to masculine nouns and adjectives, but some differences
Nom. Oni (m), ona (n) one (f)
Gen. Njih (ih)
Dat. Njima (im)
Acc. Njih (ih)
Inst. Njima
Loc. Njima
When do you use stressed personal pronouns?
- To begin a sentence
- Following “a” (and, but), “i” (and) and “ni” (neither)
- In dative and genitive when used with preposition
- With emphasis or contrast
Use short form of stressed personal pronoun with prepositions. Otherwise, use long form.
How do you decline possessive pronouns?
They decline like adjectives and agree in case, number and gender with the noun they qualify.
My
Moj (m), moje (n), moja (f)
Note that it doesn’t decline like a soft consonant adjective.
Your
Tvoj (m)
Note that it doesn’t decline like a soft consonant adjective.
One’s own
Svoj (m)
Note that it doesn’t decline like a soft consonant adjective.
Our
Naš (m)
Note that it declines with soft consonantal endings
Your (plural)
Vaš (m)
Note that it declines with soft consonantl endings.
His
Njegov (m)
Her
Njen (m); njezin (m)
Their
Njihov (m)
Decline “that one” / “that”
Declines effectively the same as an adjective.
Nom. Taj (m), to (n), ta (f)
Gen. Tog (tog) (m/n) ; te (f)
Dat. Tom(e) (tom) (m/n) ; toj (f)
Acc. Taj/tog (m) ; to (n) ; tu (f)
Inst. Tim (m/n) ; tom (f)
Loc. Tom(e) (tom) (m/n) ; toj (f)
Decline “this one” or “this”
In nom: ovaj (m), ovo (n) and ova (f). Declines effectively like an adjective.
Who?
Ko
Is masculine singular and declines. Declines with “kog” where only an a vowel is added.
What?
Šta
Is neuter singular and declines.
Which?
Koji
Has number, gender and case.
Whose?
Čiji
Has number, gender and case.
What kind / type?
Kakav
Has number, gender and case. Note that: neuter is “kakvo” and feminine is “Kakva”
What size / extent
Koliki
Has number, gender and case
Every/everybody
Svaki
Has number, gender and case.
Everybody’s
Svačiji
Has number, gender and case.
Everybody, all
Svi
Has case and gender. Refers to plural nouns and verbs are plural.
All, everything
Sve
Has case. Refers to inanimate nouns and verbs used with it are in the singular.
