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Fenek wrote:I don't know the rules for using definite and indefinite forms of adjective in Serbian.

Frankly, I don't know them completely either.

Nemam nijedan avion.

Serbian is known for multiple negations, so in a negative sentence wherever you can, should put a negative word. Sometimes there can be 4-5 negations in only one phrase.

Nemam crveni cvet.

Imam dobrog druga.

Definite adjective aspect, but don't ask me why. I've noticed it is used very much with colours.

Imam bolesno grlo.

When -stan loses the 'a', it also loses the 't', so the pronunciation would be easier.

radostan - radosna - radosno
žalostan - žalosna - žalosno

Imamo bolesna grla.

Sam as the above.

Imam teške ispite.

ž must become voiceless before a voiceless consonant in writing too.

Fenek wrote:Kurs je vrlo dobar, ali kratak

Znam. Potrudiću se da nađem vremena da ga nastavim, pošto vidim da još ima zainteresovanih osoba.

Da li ima nešto što bi posebno želeo naučiti sada? Svaki predlog je dobrodošao.

Bugi wrote:Znam. Potrudiću se da nađem vremena da ga nastavim, pošto vidim da još ima zainteresovanih osoba.

Da li ima nešto što bi posebno želeo naučiti sada? Svaki predlog je dobrodošao.

Nemam posebne želje

It's interesting to note that you used the genitive after "ima" in the first sentence ("ima zainteresovanih osoba"). I guess "ima" is used in the sense of "there are" in that case, isn't it?

Fenek wrote:

Bugi wrote:Znam. Potrudiću se da nađem vremena da ga nastavim, pošto vidim da još ima zainteresovanih osoba.

Da li ima nešto što bi posebno želeo naučiti sada? Svaki predlog je dobrodošao.

Nemam posebne želje

It's interesting to note that you used the genitive after "ima" in the first sentence ("ima zainteresovanih osoba"). I guess "ima" is used in the sense of "there are" in that case, isn't it?

Yes, but it's not that simple. As you said, the genitive with the verb to have is present in Polish, and that is the case with Serbian too, but there aren't any strict rules when to use it, there are a lot of exceptions.

The partitive genitive instead of accusative is used in many cases: in some negative contexts, in fixed expressions, in plural, when you use a certain modifiers and adjectives, when you need to emphasize that something is just a part of something, with some abstract nouns (like I don't have time = Nemam vremena, not Nemam vreme), and when you use the verb imati/nemati in that sense 'there is/are'. It depends from case to case. Sometimes both genitive and accusative is possible, with a minimal diference in meaning, like:

Imam vodu = I have water
Imam vode = I have some water

The second usage is partitive. Though I must confess that for me the difference in meaning is almost nonexistant.

Some people say that this usage of genitive is becoming archaic here, so maybe that's why.

Another thing, I would've said 'Nemam posebnih želja'. (Perhaps because the meaning is 'i don't have any particular wishes')

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it so complicated

Hvala za objašnjenje!

great course =D

hi
i studied serbian from http://serbianschool.com and i should say it is quite good tutorial :}

welcome!

dobro došao!

добре дошъл!

Bolek wrote:Exercise 4A: Fill in the blanks with the affirmative form of the verb imati.
1. Ja ______
2. Oni ______
3. Mi ______
4. Ana ______
5. Ana i Bojan ______
6. Ti i ja ______
7. Vi ______
8. Ono ______
9. Ti ______

1. Ja imam
2. Oni imaju
3. Mi imamo
4. Ana ima
5. Ana i Bojan imaju
6. Ti i ja imamo
7. Vi imate
8. Ono ima
9. Ti imate

Bolek wrote:Exercise 4B: Choose 10 words form this list (or you can use also the words you know already), and make sentences with the meaning "I have ..." or "I don't have ...".

Avion - airplane
Bašta - garden
Bluza - blouse
Cvet - flower (-ov-)
Drug - friend (-ov-)
Flaša - bottle
Grlo - throat
Ispit - exam
Majka - mother
Mantil - coat
Most - bridge (-ov)
Olovka - pencil
Rad - work (-ov-)
Sveska - notebook
Svet - world (-ov-)
Učitelj - teacher

Ja neman avion
Ja nemam baštu
Ja nemam bluzu
Ja imam cvet
Ja imam drug
Ja imam flašu
Ja imam grlo
Ja imam ispit
Ja neman most
Ja neman ucitelj

Bolek wrote:Exercise 4C: Change those sentences from 4B into plural.

Ja nemam avione
Ja nemam bašte
Ja nemam bluze
Ja imam cvetove
Ja imam drugove
Ja imam flaše
Ja imam grla
Ja imam ispite
Ja nemam mostove
Ja nemam ucitelje

Not much to correct just:

2B
1. Učitelji su lepi.
2. Sudije su tihe
3. Knjige su nove

4B
Ja imam druga

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