Croatian grammar reference /Nouns #006
Declension of regular feminine nouns
Regular feminine nouns (that is, feminine nouns that decline in the ‘standard’ way) have the ending -a in the singular, nominative case (See Grammar Reference/Nouns #004: Declension categories of Croatian nouns).
In the post Grammar Reference/Nouns #005: Declension of regular masculine nouns is a universal table of endings of regular nouns (masculine, feminine, and neuter; singular and plural; all cases).
Let’s extract from that table those columns that apply specifically to regular feminine nouns:
In the post Grammar Reference/Nouns #005: Declension of regular masculine nouns is a universal table of endings of regular nouns (masculine, feminine, and neuter; singular and plural; all cases).
Let’s extract from that table those columns that apply specifically to regular feminine nouns:
Display of endings of regular Croatian feminine nouns, singular and plural, in the various cases.
But when you are starting out learning Croatian, that seems a bit abstract, doesn’t it?
We don’t say, or write, endings: we use words (with those endings). Here are some examples of the declension of feminine nouns, using žena and prijateljica as models ....
We don’t say, or write, endings: we use words (with those endings). Here are some examples of the declension of feminine nouns, using žena and prijateljica as models ....
Declination of regular feminine nouns žena and prijateljica, with endings shown in red. The unchanging stems are, respectively, žen- and prijateljic-.
Even declined nouns make little sense unless in sentences which demonstrate their cases. Here, the feminine nouns ptica and knjiga are used as models in sentences.
Endings (in red) of the regular feminine nouns ptica and knjiga, with cases demonstrated by their roles in sentences.
So, if you are learning Croatian, you now have a quick reference to the endings of regular feminine nouns (singular and plural) in the various cases.
But beware: as the declination of knjiga in singular dative and locative cases (knjizi) indicates, the stems of these nouns can be subject to change by sibilarization or palatalization (Croatian grammar #014: Sibiliarization and palatalization), or iotation (Croatian grammar #015: Iotation).
But beware: as the declination of knjiga in singular dative and locative cases (knjizi) indicates, the stems of these nouns can be subject to change by sibilarization or palatalization (Croatian grammar #014: Sibiliarization and palatalization), or iotation (Croatian grammar #015: Iotation).