Lesson 62. Genitive singular: masculine and neuter
The rule
Examples
| Nom. | Gen. | Translation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| brat | brat | brata | of a brother |
| grad | grad | grada | of a city |
| pas | pas | psa | of a dog (fleeting a) |
| otac | otac | oca | of a father |
| more | more | mora | of the sea |
| selo | selo | sela | of a village |
| dete | dete | deteta | of a child (extended stem) |
Examples
Nemam brata. (Немам брата.)
— I don't have a brother.
Ovo je centar grada. (Ово је центар града.)
— This is the city center.
Iz mora. (Из мора.)
— From the sea.
Kod psa. (Код пса.)
— At the dog's place.
Prepositions + masc./neut. genitive
- iz (from, out of):
iz grada, iz mora, iz Beograda. - od (from):
od brata, od oca. - do (up to, as far as):
do sela, do mora. - kod (at, by):
kod psa, kod prijatelja. - bez (without):
bez oca, bez hleba.
Exercises
Exercise 1
Genitive of `grad`:
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+a.
Exercise 2
Translate: “No bread. No milk.”
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Nema hleba. Nema mleka. (nema — “there isn’t” takes the genitive singular)
Lesson vocabulary
- centar центар
- center
- od од
- from
- iz из
- from, out of
- do до
- up to, as far as
- kod код
- at, by
- bez без
- without