Lesson 53. Accusative: Masculine Inanimate
The Main Rule
Nom. = Acc.
| Nom. | Acc. | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|
| hleb | hleb | hleb | Jedem hleb. |
| sto | sto | sto | Vidim sto. |
| grad | grad | grad | Volim grad. |
| film | film | film | Gledam film. |
| auto | auto | auto | Kupujem auto. |
Examples
Vidim grad. (Видим град.)
— I see a city.
Jedem hleb. (Једем хлеб.)
— I'm eating bread.
Čitam časopis. (Читам часопис.)
— I'm reading a magazine.
Otvaram prozor. (Отварам прозор.)
— I'm opening a window.
Imam telefon. (Имам телефон.)
— I have a telephone.
How to Recognize “Inanimate”
Everything that is not alive: objects, places, ideas, food, machines, natural phenomena.
- inanimate:
sto, hleb, grad, film, prozor, auto, telefon, zid. - animate:
brat, pas, konj, učitelj, lav(coming in the next lesson).
Exercises
Exercise 1
"I see a table":
Show explanation
Inanimate — no change.
Exercise 2
Put in the accusative: telefon, grad, hleb, film, zid.
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Everything as in the nominative: telefon, grad, hleb, film, zid.
Exercise 3
Translate: “I’m buying bread, juice, and cake.”
Show answer
Kupujem hleb, sok i tortu. (torta — feminine, changes; hleb, sok — masculine inanimate, no change.)
Lesson vocabulary
- časopis (часопис)
- — magazine
- otvarati (отварати)
- — to open
- zatvarati (затварати)
- — to close