sav sva sve

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Level 2

All + noun, in the right gender and number.

How It Works

These words work like adjectives.

masculinefeminineneuter
singularsavsvasve
pluralsvisvesva

Examples: svi ljudi, sve kuće, sva djeca. In the singular they mean "the whole": sav hljeb (all the bread), sva kafa (all the coffee), sve mlijeko.

Note that sve appears twice: as the feminine plural (sve kuće) and as the neuter singular (sve mlijeko). The noun tells you which one.

By itself, sve means "everything": Sve je u redu. And svi alone means "everyone": Svi su došli. Do not confuse sav with svaki: svaki dan is every single day, sav dan is the whole day long (cijeli dan is the more usual way to say it).

Examples (5)

  1. Svi ljudi vole muziku.

    All people love music.

    Svi is masculine plural.

  2. Sve kuće u ulici su stare.

    All the houses on the street are old.

    Sve is feminine plural.

  3. Sva djeca igraju u dvorištu.

    All the children are playing in the yard.

    Sva is the neuter plural form, which djeca takes.

  4. Sav novac je u torbi.

    All the money is in the bag.

    Sav is masculine singular.

  5. Sve je u redu.

    Everything is fine.

    Sve alone means everything.

Common Mistakes

  • Wrong form for children.

    Svi djeca.
    Sva djeca.

    Djeca takes neuter plural forms, so it takes sva.

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Sav agrees with the noun.

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