Learn Croatian: Imamo dosta primjera. - We have plenty of examples.

The word dosta (plenty/enough) expresses a quantity. In Croatian, quantities are followed by the genitive case (think of it as saying "plenty of examples"). Since we are talking about multiple examples, we use the genitive plural. For regular masculine nouns like primjer, the genitive plural is formed by adding -a.

I thought dosta meant "enough". Can it also mean "plenty"?

Yes! Dosta is a very flexible word. It can mean "enough" (as in, "Stop, that's enough!"), but it is also commonly used to mean "a lot," "plenty," or "quite a bit." In this sentence, "plenty" makes the most sense.

Wait, doesn't the genitive singular of masculine nouns also end in -a? How do we know this is plural?

Great catch! Yes, the genitive singular of primjer is also primjera. In writing, you have to rely on context—here, having "plenty" of just one example wouldn't make much sense, so it must be plural. In spoken Croatian, the -a ending for the genitive plural is pronounced as a "long" vowel (held slightly longer), which helps native speakers hear the difference!

Why is there no word for "we" (mi) before imamo?