This will be very short and effective post. I have created this for one of my students because it sometimes seems difficult to follow all the cases when you learn them as a foreigner. So, NO ENDINGS in this post, just a small table that explains for which purpose we use each case.
NB: These are NOT THE ONLY usages, but are the main ones and the first you learn as a beginner. I hope this will help some of you and make life a bit easier :)
PADEŽI
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case-padež
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Usage - upotreba
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Example or additional comment
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NOMINATIV
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the case of subject in a sentence
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No prepositions
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GENITIV
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origin, possession, part of something
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DATIV
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purpose, a relation between people or things*
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*I am giving something TO someone.
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AKUZATIV
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direct object
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with verbs such as voleti, želeti, imati, kuvati, jesti, piti…
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VOKATIV
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calling someone’s name
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No prepositions
Hey, Heather, can you do me a favour?
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INSTRUMENTAL
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the mean of some action or a company
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I write with my pen - Pišem olovkom
I am walking with a friend. - Šetam SA prijateljem.
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LOKATIV
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used for talking about where something is located at
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ALWAYS with prepositions
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