Direct object pronouns

QuestionAnswer
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