AKUZATIV

AKUZATIVEndings for accusative:- FEMININE NOUNS AND ADJECTIVE HAVE THE SAME ENDING IN SG: U IN PL.

ELepa devojka-lepu devojku, lepe devojkeNova godina-novu godinu, nove godine-MASCULINE NOUNS HAVE IN SG TWO ENDINGS:-alive beings: A, čovek-čoveka, brat-brata, slon-slona, miš-mišaObjects both nouns and adjectives have no ending: krevet, stol, kompjuter, mišIn plural the ending is E (slonovE, kompjuterE, muževE, lepE, velikE)ADJECTIVES WHEN REFER TO ALIVE BEINGS HAVE THE ENDING: OGLepog čoveka, dobrog druga, velikog slonaThe neutre gender has always the same accusative as nominative.Pismo, pisma, selo, sela

THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF ACCUSATIVE

• It is a direct object:Vidim_____(velika zgrada)Poznajem_______(mali grad)Poznajem ______(mali dečko)Poznajem _______(malo dijete)Pišem ______(ljubavno pismo pl.)Pišem______(ljubavna poruka pl.)Čitam_______(ljubavni roman)Čitam __________(ljubavna knjiga)

ACCUSATIVE TO GO

• With the preposition IN-U and NA-AT, when it is about movement:

Ići, ući, doći, putovati, doputovati, stićiIdem______(Švedska)Putujem u______(Brazil)Došao sam u ______(Istra)Stigli smo u _______(soba pl.)Idemo na _______(žurka)Stigla sam na _______(posao)Dolazimo na _______(fakultet pl.)Prepositions for accusative: kroz, za, uz, niz

EXPRESSING TIME

• With the days of week: u ponedeljak, u nedjelju

• With the seasons: na leto, na zimu, na proleće, na jesen

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