Questions & Answers about Ove farmerke su lepe, ali nisu jeftine.
Why is farmerke plural? Does Serbian treat jeans like English does?
Yes. Farmerke is normally used as a plural noun, just like jeans in English. Even when you mean one item of clothing, Serbian usually still says farmerke in the plural.
So:
- ove farmerke = these jeans
- te farmerke = those jeans
Because the noun is plural, the verb and adjectives must also be plural.
Why is it ove farmerke and not ova farmerke?
Because ove has to agree with farmerke in gender, number, and case.
Here, farmerke is:
- feminine
- plural
- nominative case
So the correct form of this/these is ove.
A useful comparison:
- ovaj kaput = this coat (masculine singular)
- ova haljina = this dress (feminine singular)
- ovo dete = this child (neuter singular)
- ove farmerke = these jeans (feminine plural)
Why do lepe and jeftine both end in -e?