Learn Croatian: Imamo puno domaćeg sira. - We have a lot of local cheese.

The word puno (a lot) is a quantity word. In Croatian, words that express quantity always force the following noun and its adjectives into the genitive case. Since sir (cheese) is a masculine noun, both the noun and its adjective take the masculine genitive singular endings.

Why does the adjective domaći end in -eg here instead of -og?

In the masculine genitive singular, adjectives usually take the ending -og (like dobrog). However, if the base adjective ends in a soft consonant, like the ć in domaći, it takes the ending -eg instead. This makes it domaćeg.

What does the adjective domaći actually mean?

It comes from the word dom (home). Depending on the context, domaći can mean local, domestic, or homemade. Here, domaćeg sira usually means local cheese made by farmers in the area, but it could also refer to homemade cheese.

How do we form the genitive case for the noun sir?

Sir is a regular masculine noun that ends in a hard consonant. To form the genitive singular for these nouns, you simply add the letter -a to the end, making it sira.