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Dr. Frane Karabatić

Cjelina 2: Slobodno vrijeme

⚙️ 2 | 3 | Lekcija 5: Idemo na kavu – Gramatika

More about verbs

As we continue expanding the verb patterns, here is a brief overview of verb patterns that you have encountered so far.

GLED-ATI	RAD-ITI	VOL-JETI
gled-am	rad-im	vol-im
gled-aš	rad-iš	vol-iš
gled-a	rad-i	vol-i
gled-amo	rad-imo	vol-imo
gled-ate	rad-ite	vol-ite
gled-aju	rad-e	vol-e

The verb NOSITI

In today’s lesson you encountered a new verb.

audio	pronoun	verb form
	ja	nos-im
	ti	nos-iš
	on / ona / ono	nos-i
	mi	nos-imo
	vi	nos-ite
	oni / one / ona	nos-e

The verb nositi can mean: (1) to carry something, or (2) to wear something. Look at the following two sentences.

man with a bag

Ja nosim torbu. 🎒

Man wearing a jacket

Ja nosim jaknu. 🧥

As you can see, in both situations what follows after the verb nositi is a noun in the Accusative case.

GDJE? (Where?)

Where are you (located)? Locative Case

You have already learned how to say that you are going somewhere. To refresh your memory, let’s look at the following two examples: Idem u grad. / Idem na koncert.

In these two examples you already learned that a motion verb “to go” will require a preposition, after which a noun in the Accusative case will follow. (To review when to use “u” or “na,” look back at 2.3 Lesson 1 – Grammar section). However, to say that you are already located somewhere you will need to use a different case. This new case is called the Locative case (the name itself already hints that it refers to a location of something or someone). Let’s look at few examples:

Gdje si?

Places that require the preposition U

Gdje si?

Places that require the preposition NA

As you can see, the Locative case will have the following endings for each gender:

case	masculine	feminine	neuter
Nominative	Zagreb	Podgorica	Sarajevo
Locative	Zagreb-u	Podgoric-i	Sarajev-u

The above endings are only for singular forms. We will learn more about the Locative case in later units.

Diocletian palace

Gdje je Dioklecijanova palača? – Dioklecijanova palača je u Splitu.

Amphitheater in Pula

Gdje je arena? – Arena je u Puli

Baščaršija square

Gdje je Baščaršija? – Baščaršija je u Sarajevu.

2.3.5 Zadatak 1: Turističke atrakcije

Look at the following attractions and say where they are located. Give the name of the city where the attraction is located. Be sure to include the appropriate preposition.

2.3.5 Zadatak 2: Gdje?

Answer the following questions so they are true for you from the two given options. If none of the given options is true for you, choose the one that you prefer. Be careful, you need to use the appropriate preposition before the chosen noun. Na primjer: Gdje plivaš? — [image of a lake / image of a beach] Ja plivam u jezeru.

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