Accusative Plural

Level 2

Plural objects: masculine -e, feminine -e, neuter -a. Unlike the singular, people and things behave alike.

How It Works

KindNominative pluralAccusative plural
masculine thingstolovistolove
masculine personprijateljiprijatelje
femininekućekuće
neuterselasela

Unlike the singular, the plural does not separate people from things: all masculine plurals take -e as objects. The nominative plural may end in -ovi, -evi or just -i, and the accusative becomes -ove, -eve or -e (dani, dane).

Some plurals are irregular: čovjek - ljudi - ljude, and dijete - djeca - djecu. Djeca is a collective noun that behaves like a feminine singular, so its accusative is djecu. Practise the pairs aloud, one noun at a time, until the endings feel natural.

Examples (5)

  1. Vidim stolove.

    I see the tables.

    Masculine -i becomes -e.

  2. Kupujem jabuke.

    I am buying apples.

    Feminine plural in -e.

  3. Poznajem tvoje prijatelje.

    I know your friends.

    Masculine -i becomes -e again.

  4. Vidimo djecu.

    We see the children.

    Djeca becomes djecu.

  5. Volim ova sela.

    I like these villages.

    Neuter plural matches the nominative.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the nominative for male people

    Vidim prijatelji.
    Vidim prijatelje.

    The object form of a masculine plural ends in -e.

How It Connects

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Accusative PluralLevel 2

Learn This First

Plural nouns have their own accusative.

Words in This Pattern

akuzativmnožina