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Cases are different forms of one variable words. The Serbian language has seven cases in singular and
plural. Change the words Word forms called declination.
Cases in the Serbian language are:
nominative,
genitive,
rhymes,
accusative
vocative,
instrumental
locative.
stars NOMINATIV
Nominative case, which is independent in a sentence can stand independently.
Prepared questions: Who? What?
The nominative is used as a proposal. The sentence in the nominative are subject, attribute, apposition,
nominal part of the predicate and an adverbial clause for a way to linkers and care.
Example: Maja practicing volleyball.
stars genitive
The genitive case is dependent denoting affiliation, part of something and origin.
Prepared questions: Who? What? From who? From what?
The genitive is used with the proposals and no proposals. The sentence in the genitive are: attribute,
object, nominal part of the predicate, adverbial provisions (place, time, manner, cause, goal) and logical
entity.
The basic meaning of the genitive are:
possessive genitive or possessive (which means something, which belongs).
partitativni or Deon genitive (part or amount of something, with attachments: a little, a lot, a lot,
Something ...)
ablative genitive (indicating the origin of something, where something originated)
Proposals for genitive, from, to, from, to (a), in front of, behind, outside, inside, over, under, over,
above, below, above, on the eve, after, after, for, during, at the end, in the middle, around , around,
near, near, near, next, next, close, close, and, in, over, along, along, across, over, without, except,
instead, by, through, between, against, opposed, notwithstanding, despite because of, as a result, for
the occasion ...
Example: Sasa practicing basketball.
stars DATIVE
Rhymes is dependent case that means the direction, the direction of movement or goal and purpose.
Prepared questions: Who? What?
Rhymes are used with proposals (direction) and no proposal (purpose, origin) The sentence is dative
object, attribute, adverbial clause of place and a logical entity.
Proposals for dative: ka, to, close, by contrast, despite antiExample: Maja looks forward to every point.
stars accusative
Accusative case is dependent on the object that indicates the action, direction of movement and
location.
Prepared questions: Who? What?
Accusative is used with the proposals (line, place) and no proposal (object, time). In the sentence the
accusative object, adverbial clause (place, time, manner, cause) and logical entity.
Proposals for accusative: across, down, with, for, among, above, below, in front of, in, on, on, on, by.
Example: Mark likes to slide down the parquet.
stars VOKATIV
PSIA is an independent case that serves to invoke, appeal, drawing attention (Hey! Hey!)
When writing is separated by commas. It is used without a motion.
Example: Minja, come here!
INSTRUMENTAL stars
Instrumental dependent case which shows society and a tool or means of work.
Prepared questions: Who? What?
Instrumental be used with the proposals (society) and without template (tools, tool).
Proposals for instrumental: with, with, under, over, before, between, for
Example: In the school always go by bus.
stars LOCATIVE
Locative dependent case denoting a place where something is the facility that is being spoken.
Prepared questions: Where? what? About who? About what? For whom? For what? By whom? What?
At whom? In what?
Locative are always used with the proposals.
Proposals for locative On, on, on, at, in
Example: John likes to sit on the bench.