Question | Answer |
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I'm learning | Ja učim |
Ana is waiting for me | Ana me čeka if an action is being done to 'ja' it changes to 'me' just like how 'I' changes to 'me' in english:
I am eating food - Ja jedem hranu; Food is eating me - Hrana me jede |
What are you doing? | Šta ti radiš? |
My friend is waiting for you | Moj prijatelj te čeka in the accusative, 'ti' turns into 'te' just like how 'ja' turns into 'me' |
I love you | volim te |
You are waiting (formal) | Vi čekate |
Ana is waiting for y'all | Ana vas čeka vi - vas (accusative) |
He is a student | On je student |
She doesnt know him | Ona ga ne poznaje on/ono - ga (accusative); Note: ga applies for both male and neuter |
I'm reading it (refering to a book - her) | Čitam ju ona - ju; you can also use 'je' instead of 'ju', both are acceptable; Pay attention, book is feminine so you use "her" when refering to it, same applies to male and neuter |
Vesna is a student | Vesna je studentica There is a distinction between male and female roles, most often the rule to making a role female is to add -ica to the male form: Glumac (actor) - Glumica (actress), profesor - profesorica, student - studentica, učitelj - učiteljica (teacher) |
She's the new profesor | Ona je nova profesorica |
He's a good man | On je dobar čovjek |
He's a handsome man | On je zgodan muškarac Čovjek - man (also can mean person)
Muškarac - man (male exclusively) |
I'm a student (female) | Ja sam studentica Ja sam - I am |
I'm hungry (male) | Gladan sam You can often omit the pronoun but you always have to place the "to be" AFTER the action word (but this word order can change) |
I'm hungry (female) | Gladna sam You still have to apply gender to adjectives even when referring to yourself |
I'm tired (male) | Umoran sam |
Roko is very hungry | Roko je jako gladan |
I'm very hungry (female) | Jako sam gladna |
I'm not stupid (male) | Nisam glup to make "not be" constructions, just add 'ni-' before "to be" - Nisam - I'm not, Nisi - You're not, Nije - He/she/it is not |
You're hungry | Gladna si |
You're not hungry (male) | Nisi gladan Ps: "not be" comes before |
Y'all are hungry | Gladni ste When refering to multiple people or someone formally, you add -i to the adjective; Gladni (hungry), glupi (stupid), veliki (big), mali (little) |
Y'all are hungry (female) | Gladne ste When referring to an all female group, add -e to the adjective; gladne (hungry), glupe (stupid), velike (big), male (little) |
We are tired | Umorni smo |
We are tired (all female) | Umorne smo |
I see her | Vidim ju |
I don't hear you | Ne čujem vas |
She loves me | Ona me voli |
I see it (refering to a train) | Vidim ga |
I don't know him | Ne poznajem ga |
Ana doesn't love him | Ana ga ne voli |
We're waiting for you | Čekamo te |
I'm driving y'all to the beach | Vozim vas na plažu |
She's a profesor | Ona je profesorica |
You're not thirsty | Nisi žedna |
We are still young | Mi smo još mladi |