Naming One or More

Level 1

Nominative nouns commonly name a subject. Their plural forms depend on their declension and sometimes change more than the ending.

How It Works

The dictionary form is usually nominative singular. A simple subject sentence makes that role clear: Knjiga je nova. More than one book gives Knjige su nove.

Different patterns form different plurals. Selo becomes sela, while grad has an expanded plural gradovi. Some common nouns use an irregular plural, such as čovjek/ljudi, and others are normally plural-only.

The verb and modifiers change with the plural subject. A plural noun is not enough on its own if the rest of the sentence still has singular agreement. Nominative is a case role, not a synonym for “any word found in the dictionary”: the same noun has other case forms when governed by a verb or preposition.

Examples (4)

  1. Knjiga je nova.

    The book is new.

    Knjiga is nominative singular.

  2. Knjige su nove.

    The books are new.

    The noun, linking verb and adjective all show plural agreement.

  3. Sela su mala.

    The villages are small.

    Selo has plural sela.

  4. Gradovi su veliki.

    The cities are large.

    Grad has the expanded plural gradovi.

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