Genitive singular and plural (exceptions)

• Note that masculine and neuter adjectives whose stem ends in đ, j, lj, nj, ć, č, š, dž and ž tahe grammatical endings with -e instead of -o.

Basic rules:

Numbers 2,3, 4 take genitive singular.

Numbers 5+, nekoliko, mnogo, dosta, dovoljno, par, veliki broj,  koliko, puno take genitive plural.

Exceptions (plural):

1. All the masculine nouns ending in – ac, -ak, – an, -ar, – at, -anj, -alj, -ao and nouns of all genders whose stems end in a consonant cluster in the nominative singular may add a fleeting a in the genitive stem (plural).

Nominative                            Gen. sig.                                              Gen. Pl.

Momak                                  momka                                        momaka

Muškarac                        muškarca                                             muškaraca

Student                            studenta                                                studenata

Pismo                                  pisma                                                     pisama

2. A number of masculine nouns which are otherwise regular, take – i as the genitive plural ending:

(Jedan) sat            pet sati

(Jedan) mjesec     pet mjeseci

3. Feminine nouns ending in consonant have ending – i in both genitive singular and plural:

stvar – stvari

mladost – mladosti

ljubav – ljubavi, etc.

I Change all the genitive singular forms to plural forms

1. Često idemo u park do tog muzeja.
2. On ne želi da siđe blizu te velike firme.
3. U subotu mi uvijek idemo kod moje prijateljice.
4. Mislim da on radi blizu te strane ambasade.
5. Taj hotel je odmah do njihove kuće.
6. On živi blizu tog starog mosta.
7. Park je preko puta te velike zgrade.
8. Ko se sjeća te mlade profesorice?
9. Da li se sjećaju tog lijepog grada?
10. Ne želim da uđem tamo posle njenog studenta.

II Put the nouns in brackets into the right form

1. Tačno je dva _________ (sat).
2. Pokušavam da napišem taj projekat već tri ___________ (mjesec).
3. Nisam je vidio nekoliko _____________ (mjesec).
4. Prošlo je 4 ___________ (sat) otkad sam završio ispit.
5. U poslednja 24 ______________ (sat) dogodilo se 7 saobraćajnih nesreća.
6. Trebalo nam je 6 _____________ (godina) da stanemo na noge.
7. Samo 5 ____________ (student) je položilo ispit.
8. Nekoliko ____________ (zemlja) je učestvovalo na Samitu Evropske unije.
9. Posljednje 3 __________ (godina) sam radila u Ministarstvu pravde.
10. Ona ima račun u nekoliko ___________ (banka).