Lesson 57. Accusative Plural: Masculine
Rule
gradovi → gradove (градови → градове)
— cities (nom.) → cities (acc.)
stolovi → stolove (столови → столове)
— tables → tables
prozori → prozore (прозори → прозоре)
— windows → windows
psi → pse (пси → псе)
— dogs → dogs
učenici → učenike (ученици → ученике)
— students → students
Examples
Vidim gradove. (Видим градове.)
— I see cities.
Volim pse i konje. (Волим псе и коње.)
— I love dogs and horses.
Imamo studente iz Rusije. (Имамо студенте из Русије.)
— We have students from Russia.
Special Words
braća → braću (браћа → браћу)
— brothers (grammatically feminine!)
ljudi → ljude (људи → људе)
— people → people
braća behaves like feminine singular, so in the accusative it becomes braću (like feminine -a → -u).
Exercises
Exercise 1
Accusative plural of 'stolovi':
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-i → -e in masculine plural accusative.
Exercise 2
Put in accusative plural: gradovi, psi, studenti, učenici.
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gradove, pse, studente, učenike.
Exercise 3
Translate: “I see students and teachers.”
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Vidim učenike i nastavnike.
Lesson vocabulary
- učenike ученике
- students (acc.)
- pse псе
- dogs (acc.)
- ljude људе
- people (acc.)
- braću браћу
- brothers (acc.)