Serbian 501 — turning it on, logging into it, and keeping things on it. Three different grammars.
Most of this set is easy, because kompjuter is masculine and inanimate — which means the accusative looks exactly like the dictionary form. Upaliti kompjuter, isključiti kompjuter, resetovati kompjuter: nothing changes.
Then two phrases arrive with the same preposition and different endings, and that's the whole lesson:
| Phrase | Case | Why |
|---|---|---|
| ulogovati se na kompjuter | akuzativ | you're going onto it — movement |
| čuvati podatke na kompjuteru | lokativ | the data just sits there — location |
It's the same distinction as idem u Beograd against ja sam u Beogradu, only now the destination is a machine. Ask yourself whether anything is moving. Logging in is an arrival; storing is a state.
The three types of computer are definite adjectives, the same classifying form as the film genres: prenosivi, lični, kućni — not prenosiv, ličan, kućan. They're naming a kind of computer, not describing one.
And umrežiti is worth keeping: from mreža, a net. To network computers is literally to put them into a net — umrežiti kompjutere, accusative plural, because now there's more than one.
1. to turn on a computer →
2. to start up a computer →
3. to reboot a computer →
4. to turn off a computer →
5. to network computers →
6. to log out →
Is anything moving, or is it just sitting there?
1. to log onto a computer →
2. to store data on a computer →
3. on the computer →
1. portable computer →
2. personal computer →
3. home computer →
SR (lat): Upiši celu frazu. Može latinicom ili ćirilicom; dijakritici su opcioni.
СР (ћир): Упиши целу фразу. Може латиницом или ћирилицом; дијакритици су опциони.
EN: Type the whole phrase. Latin or Cyrillic, diacritics optional.