Serbian 201, Exercise 5 — the root is given, you supply the ending. Every blank is one decision: what gender is the thing being owned?
The trap in this exercise is worth naming out loud. A Serbian possessive does not agree with the owner — it agrees with the thing owned. So njegova adresa is his address and njena adresa is her address: the -a on both comes from adresa being feminine, and the only thing telling you whose it is is the root, njegov- or njen-.
| Root | + masculine | + feminine | + neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| moj- | moj brat | moja kafa | moje ime |
| tvoj- | tvoj pas | tvoja mačka | tvoje dete |
| njen- | njen glumac | njena adresa | njeno ime |
| njegov- | njegov pas | njegova čokolada | njegovo dete |
Two small things to watch. The masculine form takes no ending at all — just the bare root, moj / tvoj / njen / njegov. And the neuter splits: moj-e, tvoj-e but njen-o, njegov-o.
1. prezime (moj_)
2. ime (njen_)
3. ime (moj_)
4. prezime (tvoj_)
5. mačka (tvoj_)
6. omiljena životinja (njen_)
7. omiljeni pas (njegov_)
8. adresa (njen_)
9. adresa (njegov_)
10. glumac (njen_)
11. čokolada (njegov_)
12. kafa (moj_)
13. dete (tvoj_)
14. dete (njen_)
15. dete (njegov_)
SR (lat): Upiši ceo prisvojni pridev, ne samo nastavak. Nije osetljivo na velika/mala slova, i može latinicom ili ćirilicom.
СР (ћир): Упиши цео присвојни придев, не само наставак. Није осетљиво на велика/мала слова, и може латиницом или ћирилицом.
EN: Type the whole possessive, not just the ending. Not case-sensitive; Latin or Cyrillic both accepted.
Igra, pa upotreba
Ista gramatika, drugo raspoloženje — Snowball: MOJ / TVOJ.
BITI and MOJ together next — a short text about my mum, my brother and my house.
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