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…

Teacher

I am a native Montenegrin/Serbian speaker with a Ph.D. degree in Serbian and English. I’ve been working as a teacher since 2011 and I have had more than 600 students so far (in group and individual lessons). Many of them were really successful people, mainly diplomats working in their embassies in Montenegro and wanting to…

Pluralia tantum

The nouns that have only plural form are called pluralia tantum. Most of these nouns are made of two parts which make the whole. They require verbs and adjectives in plural.  They are either feminine or neuter gender, but used in plural. Some of them are: makaze, vrata, djeca, jasle, pantalone, farmerice, naočare, novine, merdevine (stube),…

Fleeting A (nepostojano A)

The so-called “fleeting A” or “movable A” refers to the phonetic alternation in which short a makes an appearance and loss in certain inflected forms of nouns. Historically, Montenegrin did not tolerate any final consonantal clusters except st, zd, št, žd, šć, žđ, šč, and dž, as they were often difficult to pronounce in the…

Instrumental (6th case)

I Endings of the instrumental singular are the same for all three genders. For masculine nouns ending in a consonant add – om, and for neuter ending in – o, and feminine ending in –a replace the last letter with –om. Some neuter nouns, such as more, end in – e. For these nouns change…

Survival phrases

    Replies To Questions Replies to questions Odgovori na pitanja Yes Da No Ne True Tačno Sure Sigurno Sure Naravno Certainly Svakako Alright U redu OK (informal) Važi I think so Mislim da je tako I know Znam I don’t know Ne znam Maybe Možda Perhaps Možda Probably Vjerovatno I’ll see Vidjeću That depends…