The Vocative Case in Montenegrin

Since the vocative case is used when we are addressing someone or calling someone, most often one person, there are changes in the singular form only (of course there are exceptions). Addressing things or abstract concepts won’t be something you will hear in everyday conversations, but there are plenty of examples in poems and literature. […]

Possessive form of the nouns (possessive case)

Put the following nouns in the appropriate possessive form To je ______________ (Dragan’s) knjiga. Ona je _____________ (Milena’s) beba. Ona je ______________ (Zoran’s) dijete. Avion je _____________ (Vladimir’s). Kuća je _____________ (Marija and Dragan’s). Stan je _____________ ( Marko). Čokolada je _____________ (Ema’s). To je _______________ (Radmila’s) stolica. Maska je _____________ (Aida’s). Autromobil je _______________ […]

Nominative plural exercise

Put the following words into nominative plural form: Profesorica – Student Škola Zanimanje (occupation) Sestra Selo (village) Profesor Zemlja (country) Ključ (key) Most (bridge) Pjevač  (singer) Pjevačica (female singer) Paprika Jaje Čaša (glass) Tanjir (plate) Pepeljara (ashtray) Nož  (knife) Kašika (spoon) Sir (cheese) Šolja (cup)

Locative case practice

 u – in Spavam u_________ (krevet). – I sleep in a bed Živiš _____________ (Zagreb). – You live in Zagreb. Rade u____________ (pošta). – They work in a post-office.  na – on, at Jabuka je na _____________(ormar). – An apple is on the cupboard. Mačka spava na _____________(krevet). – A cat is sleeping on the bed. Sjedim na ___________________(kauč). – I’m sitting on a sofa.  o – about Razgovaramo o_____________(ljeto). – We’re […]

Locative case singular exercises

I Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the words in brackets. Živimo u _________________ (kuća) Taj spomenik je na _____________ (Zlatibor) Djeca su na _________________ (ulica) Želim da putujem po ________________ (Amerika) Lijepo mi je u ______________(grad). Dječak sjedi na __________________(krov). Idem na more u _______________________(avgust). Marko je u ___________________________ (London). Djeca se igraju u ______________________ (šuma). Mi […]

Present tense exercises

I Put the verbs in brackets into the present tense 1. Marko ________ (ići) u školu. 2. Ponekad ________ (koristiti) rečnik. 5. Ti ________ (živjeti) blizu Marije. 6. On ________ (voljeti) rep muziku. 7. Ona ________ (raditi) domaći zadatak prije večere. 8. U srijedu popodne ______________ (igrati, mi) tenis u školi. 9. Uveče ________________ (gledati, […]

Aorist

Shows an action that happened after some other past action (at a specific point in the past) or an action that happened right before the moment of speaking. Evo ga, stiže. Here he is, he has arrived. It is usually made of perfective verbs, by cutting infinitive ending – ti and adding the following endings: […]

Dative pronouns

I fill in the correct form of the dative of the pronouns in parentheses: Preporučila je ovu knjigu ___________ (ja) Da li ste poslali paket ______________(on) Oni nisu poslali nikakvo pismo ______________(ona) Tvoj prijatelj se javio______________________(mi) Ne želi da priča ____________________(vi) o svom poslu. Vuk se pridružio _________________(oni). Mi ćemo se javiti _________________ (vi), ali […]

Accusative vs Locative

Živimo u ______________(isti stan). Narod je na __________ (ulice). Lijepo mi je u_____________(selo).  Dječak sjedi na ____________(klupa). Jana svira______________ (gitara). Odmah popij ____________(lijek). Miš je iskopao rupu u_________ (siru). Idem na more u ______________(jul). On je rođen u _______________(prošli vijek) Imam trening ___________(svaki dan). ___________(Cijelo jutro) pečem kolače. Šetali smo kroz_________________ (šuma). Neću da razmišljam o ____________(Marija) Dugo su radili na ______________(projekat). Stripove čuvam u ____________(prva fioka). Moja majka je u […]

List of verbs taken from English

Some verbs we took from English and adapted to our language by adding some typical endings: angažovati  – to engage atakovati – to attack  bombardovati – to bomb debatovati – to debate demantovati – to deny (to confute) diskreditovati – to discredit formalizovati  -to formalize  garantovati – to guarantee interesovati – to be interested in […]

Genitive singular and plural (exceptions)

Masculine Feminine Neuter Singular -og/eg*  (adj.)   -a (n.) -e     -e -og/eg*  -a Plural -ih                -a -ih    -a -ih   -a 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. […]