Croatian/Main Contents/Level 2/Lesson 11

It's used as an indirect object and after some prepositions. Examples: Dao sam ti pismo. Bio im je gospodar. Bila je prekrasna, slična zvijezdama na nebu. Singular 1) first or a-declination ending: -u Examples: stol -> stolu broj -> broju nebo -> nebu djete -> djetetu 2) second or e-declination ending: -i žena -> ženi ptica -> ptici vođa -> vođi Sibilarization (k,g,h->c,z,s/_i) ruka -> ruci noga -> nozi svrha -> svrsi Exceptions (sibilarization doesn't have): most nouns ending on one consonant: kuka, liga, psiha, šljuka, pjega (kiki, ligi, psihi, šljuki, pjegi) hypocoristics: baki, diki, koki, seki, striki nouns denoting female person with ending -ka: Eskimki, ilirki, gimnazijalki, licejki, tramvajki nouns on -cka, -čka, -ćka: kocki, packi, mački, ljuljački, praćki, srećki some nouns on -ska, -zga: arabeski, maski, mazgi disyllabic words on -tka: lutki, patki, tvrtki (exception: bitci/bitki) nouns with two consonant if the last one is -g: sfingi, algi, mazgi, tajgi, štangi nouns on -h are more common without sibilarization: juhi, muhi, buhi nouns with three syllable and polysyllable on -ka can have both forms: pripovjeci/pripovijetki, zagoneci/zagonetki nouns on -sk, -šk can have both forms: vojski/vojsci, greški/grešci names and surnames of people: Anki, Dubravki; Vargi, Glihi geographical names: names that look like general nouns (Krki, Meki) names that looks like general nouns (Rijeci {rijeka means river, and Rijeka is city}) {some can have both: Aljaski/Aljasci, Gradiški/Gradišci, Liki/lici 3) third or i-declination ending: -i ljubav -> ljubavi noć -> noći Plural 1) first or a-declination ending: -ima stol -> stolovima broj -> brojevima nebo -> nebima polje -> poljima 2) second or e-declination ending: -ama žena -> ženama sluga -> slugama 3) third or i-declination ending: -i ljubav -> ljubavi