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### Possessives in the Accusative Case

When possessive determiners (*my*, *your*, *his*, etc.) describe the direct object of a sentence, they must be in the accusative case. The ending they take depends entirely on the gender of the noun and whether it is "animate" (alive).

### Feminine Objects

Feminine nouns change their **-a** ending to **-u** in the accusative. Possessive determiners do exactly the same. For example, **tvoja** (your) becomes **tvoju**, and **vaša** (your, plural/formal) becomes **vašu**.

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### Masculine Inanimate and Neuter Objects

If the object is a neuter noun or an *inanimate* masculine noun (a thing or a concept, rather than a person or animal), the accusative form is identical to the nominative (dictionary) form. The possessive determiner doesn't change at all.

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Notice how these endings combine in a sentence with multiple objects of different genders:

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### Masculine Animate Objects

When the direct object is an *animate* masculine noun (like a person or an animal), the rules change. The noun gets an **-a** ending, and the possessive determiner takes an **-eg** (or sometimes **-og**) ending. For example, **tvoj** (your) becomes **tvojeg**.

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Possessives in the accusative case

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular pronouns and to be (sam, si, je)

Noun genders (-Ø, -a, -o/-e)

Demonstrative pronouns (ovaj, ova, ovo)

Plural pronouns and to be (smo, ste, su)

Masculine plural nouns (-i)

Feminine plural nouns (-e)

Neuter plural nouns (-a)

Full verb to be (jesam, jesi)

Negative verb to be (nisam, nisi)

Yes/no questions (je li)

Wh- questions (tko, gdje)

Formal vs informal address (ti vs Vi)

Regular present tense (-ati)

Regular present tense (-iti)

Regular present tense (-jeti)

Verb negation (ne)

The verb to have (imati / nemati)

Inanimate direct objects

Feminine direct objects (-u)

Plural direct objects (-e, -a)

Accusative pronouns (me, te, ga, ju)

Adjective agreement

Plural adjectives

Accusative adjectives

Numbers 1 to 10 (jedan, dva, tri)

The locative case (-u)

Feminine locative (-i)

The verb to go (ići)

Destination (u, na)

The genitive case (-a)

Accusative pronouns (nas, vas, ga, ih)

Animate masculine accusative (-a)

Adjective agreement for animate masculine (-og, -eg)

The verb can (moći)

The verb must (morati)

The verb to want (htjeti, hoću)

The future tense (ću/ćeš + infinitive)

The past tense: l-participle (radio, radila)

Past tense word order (Prvo sam radio...)

Past tense with plural subjects (-li, -le, -la)

Feminine genitive singular (-e)

Possession and origin (od, iz)

Negative existence (nema)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Genitive plural (-a)

Numbers 11 to 20

Past tense negation (nisam)

Past tense questions (jeste li)

Dative singular

Dative pronouns (ti, mu, joj)

Past tense negation (nisam, nisi...)

Double object pronouns (mu ga, ti ju...)

Reflexive verbs (se)

Reflexive clitic word order

Commands and requests (radi, radite)

Plural demonstratives (ovi, ove, ova)

Possessive determiners (moj, naš, njegov)

Greetings (Dobar dan, doviđenja)

The body: Boli me glava

Directions (lijevo, desno, ravno)

There is, there are (ima)

Politeness (molim vas, hvala lijepa)

How you feel (Sviđa mi se)

Counting by tens to 100 (trideset, četrdeset...)

Quantifiers with the genitive case (malo, puno...)

Adjective agreement in the genitive singular (-og, -e)

Adjective agreement in the genitive plural (-ih)

Genitive prepositions (kod, do, bez...)

Asking what kind and which (kakav, koji)

Possessive determiners (njegov, njezin...)

The reflexive possessive (svoj)

Indefinite pronouns (netko, nešto, neki)

Negative pronouns (nitko, ništa)

The verb to need (trebati)

Reciprocal verbs (se)

Introduction to verbal aspect

Perfective verbs with prefixes

Perfective verbs with stem changes

Irregular perfective verbs

Aspect in the past tense

Aspect in the future tense

Vehicular motion (voziti se, putovati)

Arrival and departure ('doći', 'otići')

Entering and exiting ('ući', 'izaći')

Singular accompaniment ('s', 'sa')

Plural instrumental nouns (-ima, -ama)

Question	Answer
to support	podržavati
idea	ideja
I support your idea.	Podržavam tvoju ideju.
to appreciate	cijeniti
suggestion	prijedlog
We appreciate his suggestion.	Cijenimo njegov prijedlog.
decision	odluka
I respect your decision.	Poštujem vašu odluku.
opinion	mišljenje
She appreciates my opinion.	Ona cijeni moje mišljenje.
article	članak
Are you reading my article?	Čitaš li moj članak?
mistake	pogreška
I see your mistake.	Vidim tvoju pogrešku.
attitude	stav
I do not support your attitude.	Ne podržavam tvoj stav.
advice	savjet
They appreciate our advice and our idea.	Oni cijene naš savjet i našu ideju.
Do you support her decision and her suggestion?	Podržavate li njezinu odluku i njezin prijedlog?
We see his mistake and his bad attitude.	Mi vidimo njegovu pogrešku i njegov loš stav.
I am looking for your opinion and your advice.	Tražim tvoje mišljenje i tvoj savjet.
They read our article yesterday.	Oni su jučer čitali naš članak.
I see your brother.	Vidim tvojeg brata.
skirt	suknja
I see your new skirt.	Vidim tvoju novu suknju.
Her skirt is blue.	Njezina suknja je plava.
sock	čarapa
I am wearing warm socks.	Nosim tople čarape.
Where is my other sock?	Gdje je moja druga čarapa?
boot	čizma
His boots are old.	Njegove čizme su stare.
It is winter, I am wearing boots.	Zima je, nosim čizme.
glove	rukavica
Do you have warm gloves?	Imaš li tople rukavice?
The gloves are in the bag.	Rukavice su u torbi.
scarf	šal
Her scarf is red.	Njezin šal je crven.
I am wearing a scarf on my neck.	Nosim šal na vratu.

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