C6 M4 L2 Grammar
6 | Modul 4: Gramatika
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6 | 4 | Lekcija 2: Peglam karticu
| Comparative in Croatian
There are three degrees of comparison in BCS, just as in English: positive, comparative and superlative.
At this point we will only touch upon the comparative, and we will not discuss it in great detail. More about the comparative degree in the following modules. For now we will only talk about two adjectives that appeared in this lesson and their comparative form. Have in mind, there is a specific form for each gender, as in the table below:
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dobar ‘good’ | bolji | bolja | bolje | bolji | bolje | bolja | |
lijep ‘nice’ | ljepši | ljepša | ljepše | ljepši | ljepša | lijepša | |
Note about LIJEP
There is a difference in spelling. In Croatian the comparative for 'nicer/more beautiful’ is spelled as “ljep” (the original -ije in LIJEP goes to -je: LJEPŠI).
When comparing two things, we can express the comparison by forming it in the following way:
KOMPARATIV adjective NEGO NOMINATIV noun
Ja sam bolji nego ti. (I am better than you)
Crvena jakna je ljepša nego crna. (The red jacket is nicer than the black one)
| Reflexive Pronouns SEBE/SE
As most pronouns in BCS, the reflexive pronoun has two forms: stressed (sebe) and unstressed forms (se). This pronoun does not have a Nominative case form. Thus, it is always used in one of the remaining BCS cases. Roughly, the meaning of the pronoun can be translated as “oneself.”
In this module you encountered sentences like: Što ćeš kupiti? – Sebi ću kupiti suvenir. In the second sentence sebe is used in the Dative case to indicate that someone will buy something for themselves.
Note that both forms (stressed and unstressed) can be used:
Sebi ću kupiti suvenir.
Kupit ću si suvenir.
As you have already learned, the usage of stressed or unstressed forms depends on the word order. You cannot start the sentence with an unstressed form. In other words, you cannot say: *Si kupit ću suvernir.
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Listen to the following sentences and decide for whom Davorka will buy the gifts.
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1 | Kupit ću mu košulju. |
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2 | Kupit ću si hlače. |
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3 | Kupit ću si suknju. |
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4 | Kupit ću joj narukvicu. |
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5 | Kupit ću mu kaubojski šešir. |
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6 | Kupit ću joj zimsku kapu. |
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7 | Kupit ću si papuče. |
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8 | Kupit ću mu šal. |
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9 | Kupit ću si cipele. |
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10 | Kupit ću si parfem. |
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Listen to the sentences and mark what is nicer according what the person who speaks says.
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1 | Košulja je ljepša nego bluza. |
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2 | Jakna je ljepša nego kaput. |
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3 | Suknja je ljepša nego hlače. |
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4 | Majica je ljepša nego košulja. |
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5 | Kaput je ljepši nego jakna. |
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6 | Šal je ljepši nego marama. |
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7 | Dres je ljepši nego košulja. |
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In all the sentences you just heard, the comparative NICER is:
a always in the same form (it does not change)
b expressed with the gender of the thing we like more
c expressed with the gender of the thing wet like less
G | 6.4 Zadatak 1. xxx |
Read the sentences and decide which comparative form fits grammatically in order to complete the sentences.
1 | Ova torba je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | nego ruksak |
2 | Ovaj lančić je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | nego ogrlica |
3 | Ova narukvica je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | nego privjesak |
4 | Ova marama je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | nego šal |
5 | Ovaj kaput je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | nego jakna |
6 | Kaubojski šešir je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | zimska kapa |
7 | Košarkaški dres je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | nogometni |
8 | Jakna je… | LJEPŠI | LJEPŠA | kaput |
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Listen to the end of the sentences and decide which clothing item grammatically fits in order to complete the sentences.
Which of the given items can appear only in the plural form?
a kaputi
b šalovi
c satovi
d naočale
e jeans
f hlače
