C5 M2 L1 Grammar

5 | 2 | Lekcija 1: Planovi za praznike

| From – To: OD - DO

To express that something is happening over a longer period of time, we need to use the prepositions od - do (from - to). Both prepositions require the Genitive case.

For example:

Splitsko ljeto traje od 12. srpnja do 14. kolovoza.

The Split Summer Festival lasts from 12th of July to 14th of August.

Look at the following events that are happening in Croatia every year. During what time period is each event organized. You will see months written in numerals. However, you should not use numbers in your answers. Be careful how we write dates in Croatian.

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| Possessive Adjectives Sound Change

In previous units, you learned about possessive adjectives (that something belongs to someone or something).

We will talk more about inanimate possessive adjectives in this lesson, focusing on irregularities in the process of making the possessive adjective form(s). When we say irregularities, that mostly means a set of sound changes that appear when creating inanimate possessive adjectives.

You already know that possessive adjectives are formed by adding a certain ending to a noun, such as in the following examples:

What about exceptions? Let us look at some of the most frequent changes:

Look at the following traditional souvenirs, tourist places, and popular events in Croatia. How would you form a possessive adjective for each of them? Be careful what gender the noun is. The possessive adjectives have to agree with the nouns they describe.  

Example: Split – festival,  splitski festival

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Be careful, the list includes regular -ski, -ški, -čki endings and those with irregularities. Also, pay attention to the following noun after the possessive adjective form, it will determine the gender of the possessive adjective forms.

                                                                                                    Answer key

Samobor ________________ kremšnita                            samoborska

Pag ________________ sir                                            paški

Zagreb ________________ odrezak                                 zagrebački

Drniš ________________ pršut                                       drniški

Zagorje ________________ štrukla                                  zagorska

Which of the items listed above are desserts?

Which item(s) above originate from an island?

Something as a souvenir:

Pag ________________ čipka                                        paška

Đakovo ________________ vezovi                                   đakovački

An event/place to visit:

Dubrovnik ________________ ljetne igre                           dubrovačke

Samobor ________________ fašnik                                 samoborski

Vinkovci ________________ jeseni                                  vinkovačke

Varaždin ________________ festival                                varaždinski

Sinj ________________ alka                                          sinjska

Ilok ________________ vinogradi                                    iločki

Korčula ________________ festival viteških igara       korčulanski