A1 · Beginner Chapter 8

The Nominative Case: Subjects and Naming

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Master the Nominative case to name the world around you and identify who is doing what.

  • Identify the base form of nouns and adjectives.
  • Apply correct singular and plural endings to match your subjects.
  • Construct simple sentences using the nominative case for naming and descriptions.
Name it, describe it, own the Nominative!

What You'll Learn

Understand the Nominative case, which is used for subjects of sentences and for naming things. This is the base form of nouns and adjectives.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: correctly identify and use singular and plural nominative nouns to name objects and people.

Tips & Tricks (4)

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Dictionary Check

Always look up the noun in its Nominative form in the dictionary.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Case for Nouns (Nomen)
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Check the noun

Always look at the noun first. If it ends in -a, the adjective must end in -a.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Case for Adjectives: Agreement with Nouns
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Check the Gender

Always know the gender of the noun before making it plural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Plural Endings for Nouns
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Gender First

Always identify the noun's gender before picking the adjective ending.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Plural Endings for Adjectives

Key Vocabulary (5)

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Review Summary

  • Noun (base form)
  • Subject + biti + Noun/Adj

Common Mistakes

You used the Accusative case instead of Nominative for a predicate noun. After 'biti', always use Nominative.

Wrong: On je studenta.
Correct: On je student.

Stol is masculine, so the adjective must be masculine (lijep).

Wrong: Lijepa stol.
Correct: Lijep stol.

The subject must match the plural verb 'su'.

Wrong: Prijatelj su.
Correct: Prijatelji su.

Next Steps

You've successfully unlocked the core of Croatian grammar! Keep practicing, and it will soon feel like second nature.

Label 10 items in your room using sticky notes in Nominative.

Continue to: The Accusative Case: Direct Objects

Quick Practice (10)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Lijepa kuća.
Kuća is feminine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Case for Adjectives: Agreement with Nouns

Fill in the blank.

___ prijatelji su ovdje.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Dobri
Masculine plural.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Plural Endings for Adjectives

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Vidim stol-a.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Vidim stol.
Stol is the object, but Nominative/Accusative are the same.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Case for Nouns (Nomen)

Choose the correct form.

___ žene plešu.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Lijepe
Feminine plural.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Plural Endings for Adjectives

Fix the sentence: 'Stols su ovdje.'

Find and fix the mistake:

Stols su ovdje.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Stolovi su ovdje.
Remove the English 's'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Plural Endings for Nouns

Fill in the correct adjective ending.

Pas je velik___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: i
Pas is masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Case for Adjectives: Agreement with Nouns

Which is correct?

___ su na stolu.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Knjige
Nominative plural is needed for the subject.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Plural Endings for Nouns

Fix the mistake.

Find and fix the mistake:

Veliko pas.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Veliki pas
Pas is masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Case for Adjectives: Agreement with Nouns

Conjugate 'raditi' for 'Ja'.

Ja ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: radim
1st person singular ends in -m.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Subject-Verb Agreement in Nominative

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Mali djeca se igraju.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Mala
Neuter plural.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative Plural Endings for Adjectives

Score: /10

Common Questions (6)

It is the base form of a noun used for subjects.
It is the form found in the dictionary.
They change to show which noun they are modifying, making sentences clearer.
You should check the dictionary. Most nouns ending in a consonant are masculine.
It helps with pronunciation for shorter nouns.
No, it is the irregular plural of 'čovjek'.
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