Cjelina 5: Sve naj, naj
🔗 5 | 1 | Gramatika: Padeži (ponavljanje)
📚 Describing your favorite book
Verbs
Let’s practice some useful verbs that will help you discuss your reading habits or talk about reading in general.
| vocabulary | vocabulary | vocabulary |
|---|---|---|
| govoriti | sviđati se | čitati |
| pričati | natjerati | rasmisliti/razmišljati |
| voljeti | događati se | preporučiti |
| boriti se | sukobljavati se |
5.1 Zadatak 1: O glagolima
Below is a set of sentences, each with a missing verb. Your task is to fill in the blank with the correct verb from the list provided. Make sure the verb matches the subject of the sentence and is conjugated in the present tense.
- pričati, čitati, govoriti, sviđati se, preporučiti, sukobljavati se, natjerati, voljeti, razmišljati
Useful phrasing
When talking about your favorite book, most often you will find yourself using one of the following cases:
- Nominative
- Accusative
- Locative
- Genitive
Other cases (Instrumental and Dative) might also be used, but this depends on you and how you structure your sentences. Below you will find some of the most common structures/verbs that you might use when discussing your book. We will analyze them to help you understand how to formulate your sentences.
Have in mind, this is just a basic element within some simple sentences. If you start expanding your sentences there are many options that can happen in terms of case usage – but we will not go there (yet).
Nominative
- Knjiga je zanimljiva
- Sviđa mi se knjiga.
- Najdraži mi je lik.
- Glavni lik je dobar, vrijedan i ozbiljan.
Accusative
- Volim francusku književnost.
- Čitam poeziju i prozu.
- Slušam zvučnu knjigu.
- Knjiga ima dobru tematiku.
Locative
- Radnja se događa u 19. stoljeću.
- Knjiga govori o ljubavi i mržnji.
- Knjiga je poznata po dugim rečenicama.
- Pročitala sam knjigu u jednom dahu.
Genitive
- Knjiga je poznata zbog složene strukture.
- Nema / ima puno emocijā.
- Knjiga je prepuna zanimljivih događanjā.
Nominative
Use Nominative with the verb to be. The subject of the sentence is always in the nominative case. When you use the structure sviđa mi se, what follows (i.e., the thing you like) has to be in the nominative case.
Example:
- Glavni lik je Elizabeth.
- Sviđa mi se knjiga Ponos i predrasude.
Nominative endings
Masculine (adjective + noun)
- dobar roman (singular)
- dobri romani (plural)
Feminine (adjective + noun)
- dobra priča (singular)
- dobre priče (plural)
Neuter (adjective + noun)
- dobro mišljenje (singular)
- dobra mišljenja (plural)
Accusative
Accusative will be always used with the direct object of the sentence.
Example:
- Volim čitati romane.
- Čitam krimiće.
- Knjiga ima sretan završetak.
- Volim slušati audio knjige.
Accusative endings
Masculine (adjective + noun)
- dobar roman (singular)
- dobri romani (plural)
Feminine (adjective + noun)
- dobru priču (singular)
- dobre priče (plural)
Neuter (adjective + noun)
- dobro mišljenje (singular)
- dobra mišljenja (plural)
Locative
You will use Locative if you want to express the location of someone or something. This will always include the use of the preposition u or na. Other instances when you need the Locative case is if you use the preposition o (about) or preposition po (through). If you are talking about something that happened in a specific century / decade, you need the proposition u with the noun stoljeće (century) or desetljeće (decade) in the Locative case.
Example:
- Radnja se događa u Londonu u 19. stoljeću.
- Knjiga govori o ljubavi.
- Knjiga je poznata po dugim opisima likova.
- Pročitala sam knjigu u jednom danu.
Locative endings
Masculine (adjective + noun)
- dobrom romanu (singular)
- dobrim romanima (plural)
Feminine (adjective + noun)
- dobroj priči (singular)
- dobrim pričama (plural)
Neuter (adjective + noun)
- dobrom mišljenju (singular)
- dobrim mišljenjima (plural)
Genitive
Use of genitive will appear in this context most likely when you are giving a reasoning about something – for example when you want to justify something (because of = zbog). Other instances will include when you want to express a quantity of something ima puno / malo / nekoliko / mnogo (a lot, a little, several / many). You will also need to use genitive if you are talking about years (numbers in general).
Example:
- Knjiga je poznata zbog tragične priče.
- Nema puno nasilja, to mi se sviđa.
- Kniga je prepuna emocijā.
- Radnja se događa 1896. godine.
Genitive endings
Masculine (adjective + noun)
- dobrog romana (singular)
- dobrih romanā (plural)
Feminine (adjective + noun)
- dobre priče (singular)
- dobrih pričā (plural)
Neuter (adjective + noun)
- dobrog mišljenja (singular)
- dobrih mišljenjā (plural)
5.1 Zadatak 2: Koji padež?
Choose the correct word and use the correct case to complete each sentence. Think about what each verb or preposition requires (subject, object, location, quantity, time, etc.).
Dative
Dative has the same endings as Locative case. But in this specific instance, you will most likely need a personal pronoun in the Dative case. This is the case because you want to express your feeling / opinion to someone.
Example:
- Toplo ti preporučujem knjigu.
- Mogu ti reći da je knjiga jako dobra.
- Sviđa mi se knjiga.
- Najdraži mi je roman.
Personal pronouns in Dative
Singular forms
| Nominative | Dative |
|---|---|
| ja | meni / mi |
| ti | tebi / ti |
| on | njemu / mu |
| ona | njoj / joj |
| ono | njemu / mu |
Plural forms
| Nominative | Dative |
|---|---|
| mi | nama / nam |
| vi | vama / vam |
| oni | njima / ima |
| one | njima / im |
| ona | njima / im |
5.1 Zadatak 3: Kome?
Read each dialogue carefully in order to understand which pronoun you need and then write it in the Dative case.
