Lesson - Feminine Nouns 1

Feminine Nouns 1

Learn to recognise and use feminine nouns in nominative and accusative case.

The accusative case is used when an object or a person (a noun) is directly receiving the action or is the object of an action.

For example "Jaz vidim avto" (I see a car) - the object "car" is receiving the action of "seeing".

We can help determine the case by using the following questions:

Case	Helper Question	Example
Nominative	Who or what (is here)?	Mama je tu. (Mother is here)
Genitive	Who or what (is not here)?	Mame ni tu. (Mother is not here)
Dative	To whom or to what (do we give)?	Mami dam darilo. (I give gift to mother.)
Accusative	Whom or what (do we see)?	Jaz vidim mamo. (I see mother)
Locative	Next to whom or what (is)?	Pri mami je otrok. (The child is with the mother.)
Instrumental	With whom or with what (is)?	Z mamo je oče.

Further examples of when accusative is used:

Helper question	Example	Translation
Whom or what do I see?	Vidim pomarančo.	I see an orange.
What do I eat?	Jem večerjo.	I'm eating dinner.
What do I read?	Berem knjigo.	I'm reading a book.
What do I have?	Imam sestro.	I have a sister.

Most feminine nouns which end with -a in nominative are declensed by using 1st feminine noun declension paradigm.

Here are some examples:

Nominative	Accusative	Translation	Notes
mama	mamo	mother
sestra	sestro	sister
zelenjava	zelenjavo	vegetables	zelenjava is singular noun in Slovenian
knjiga	knjigo	book
miza	mizo	table
soba	sobo	room
teta	teto	aunt
kava	kavo	coffee
banana	banano	banana

Select the correct translation of "knjigo "

book aunt mother

Translate "zelenjava "

Translate "zelenjavo "

Translate "mamo "

Select the correct translation of " Knjiga je zanimiva. "

The book is interesting.

Mother is pretty.

A banana is yellow.

Insert the missing word

Mother is sleeping.

spi.

Select the correct translation of "mama "

mother aunt banana

Select the correct translation of "I see sister."

Banana je rumena.

Vidim sestro.

Mama je lepa.

Select the correct translation of "I like to eat vegetables."

Mama je lepa.

Rad jem zelenjavo.

Banana je rumena.

Select the correct translation of " Berem knjigo. "

A banana is yellow.

I'm reading a book.

Mother is pretty.

Select the correct translation of " To je moja teta. "

Mother is pretty.

A banana is yellow.

This is my aunt.

Select the correct translation of "teta "

banana aunt mother

Select the correct translation of "banana "

aunt mother banana

Select the correct translation of " Ali vidiš mamo? "

A banana is yellow.

Mother is pretty.

Do you see mother?

Select the correct translation of "A banana is yellow."

Mama spi.

Mama je lepa.

Banana je rumena.