Nouns and adjectives in the genitive case in Croatian
Croatian language has seven cases. Genitive is the second case in Croatian. This case in Croatian is used with many prepositions and in order to learn how and when to use the genitive case, learn the words below. After them, we use the genitive case in Croatian. Some of the words used with the genitive case in Croatian are:
od (from), do (to), iz (from), između (between), bez (without), pored (next to), blizu (close to), iz (from), malo (a little), puno (a lot), nekoliko (a few), nema / ima (there’s no / there is)…
Adjectives and nouns in the genitive case in Croatian
Examples
novi mobitel (a new mobile phone) / nova majica (a new T-shirt) / novo ogledalo (a new mirror)
To show you how these adjectives and nouns change, I’ll just use ‘blizu=close to’. ‘Blizu’ is one of the words used with the genitive case.
MASCULINE
SG (blizu) novog mobitela
PL (blizu) novih mobitela
FEMININE
SG (blizu) nove prijateljice
PL (blizu) novih prijateljica
NEUTER
SG (blizu) novog ogledala
PL (blizu) novih ogledala
VJEŽBA (Exercise)
Sometimes you need to use singular and sometimes plural.
1. Ja sam iz _________________ (sunčani Split). – I’m from a sunny Split.
2. Ona je iz __________________ (hladna Kanada). – She’s from a cold Canada.
3. Idemo kod ________________ (dobar prijatelj). – We’re going to our good friend’s (place).
4. Idem kod _________________(dobra prijateljica). – I’m going to my good friend’s.
5. To je odmah iza ___________ (veliko dvorište). – That’s right behind a big courtyard.
6. Idemo kod _________________ (dobar prijatelj,pl). – We’re going to our good friends’ place.
7. Idemo kod ________________ (dobar prijateljica, pl). – We’re going to our good friends’ place.
8. To je odmah iza ___________ (veliko dvorište, pl). – That’s right behind the big courtyards.
Rješenja
sunčanog Splita, hladne Kanade, dobrog prijatelja, dobre prijateljice, velikog dvorišta, dobrih prijatelja, dobrih prijateljica, velikih dvorišta
