Lesson 55. Accusative: Neuter Gender
The Main Rule
Vidim more. (Видим море.)
— I see the sea.
Pijem mleko. (Пијем млеко.)
— I drink milk.
Jedem meso. (Једем месо.)
— I eat meat.
Volim leto. (Волим лето.)
— I love summer.
Gledam nebo. (Гледам небо.)
— I look at the sky.
”Growing” Words
dete, pile, jagnje in the accusative singular — the same as nominative:
Vidim dete. (Видим дете.)
— I see the child.
Imam pile. (Имам пиле.)
— I have a chick.
In the oblique cases (genitive, dative, and others) they “grow”: deteta, detetu, detetom…, but that comes later.
Exercises
Exercise 1
"I see the sky":
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Neuter doesn’t change.
Exercise 2
Translate: “I drink milk, eat meat, and love summer.”
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Pijem mleko, jedem meso i volim leto.
Exercise 3
Why is neuter in the accusative simpler than masculine?
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In masculine, you have to distinguish animate/inanimate. In neuter, nothing changes — it’s always like nominative.
Lesson vocabulary
- nebo (небо)
- — sky