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LESSON 22

GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
PRACTICE
ANSWER KEY

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GRAMMAR
PLURAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS/ADJECTIVES

Plural possessive pronouns don’t exist in English the same way they do in
Serbian. In English, if you want to say She is my sister or They are my sisters, the
word my stays the same in both examples – meaning the singular and plural form
are the same. But, in Serbian, singular and plural form are different. And this
brings us to our lesson for today – the plural possessive pronouns.
In the previous lesson we learned the singular possessive pronouns. And we said
that pronouns in Serbian belong to the Open Class Words which means that they
change their form depending on the gender, number or case of the word they
refer to (usually a noun). Because pronouns reflect gender in Serbian, we have 3
forms of possessive pronouns to learn for each gender category, for singular and
for plural.
Remember, for ja (I or me), the singular possessive pronouns are moj, moja,
moje, and they all mean my (masculine, feminine, neuter).
For plural masculine, we simply add i to the word moj (singular masculine
possessive pronoun), and we get moji.
Do you remember how to change a feminine word into a plural? For example,
let’s take the word žena which means woman or wife. When you want to make a
singular feminine noun plural, you substitute the a ending with an e ending. The
plural is žene. Following that pattern, feminine plural possessive pronoun is moje.
If moja is the singular possessive pronoun, and we want to make it plural, we
simply substitute the a ending with an e. When we do this, the word becomes
moje.
Moje is my singular neuter possessive pronoun. To make it plural we substitute
the e ending for an a ending, and we get moja, which is plural possessive neuter.
Remember how the personal pronoun ono means it, and the plural for ono is
ona, which means they neuter. The pattern remains the same with plural neuter
possessive pronouns.

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 ja – moj, moja, moje – moji, moje, moja
ti – tvoj, tvoja, tvoje – tvoji, tvoje, tvoja
on – njegov, njegova, njegovo – njegovi, njegove, njegova
ona – njen, njena, njeno – njeni, njene, njena
ono – njegov, njegova, njegovo – njegovi, njegove, njegova
mi – naš, naša, naše – naši, naše, naša
vi – vaš, vaša, vaše – vaši, vaše, vaša
oni, one, ona – njihov, njihova, njihovo – njihovi, njihove, njihova

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Singular Possessive Pronouns

Person Personal Personal Possessive Possessive Possessive Possessive

pronouns pronouns pronoun - pronoun - pronoun - pronouns-
masculine feminine neuter
English Serbian English
1. I ja moj moja moje my
2. you ti tvoj tvoja tvoje your
3. he on njegov njegova njegovo his
she ona njen njena njeno her
it ono njegov njegova njegovo its
1. we mi naš naša naše our
2. you vi vaš vaša vaše your
3. oni
they one njihov njihova njihovo their
ona

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Plural Possessive Pronouns

Person Personal Personal Possessive Possessive Possessive Possessive

pronouns pronouns pronoun - pronoun - pronoun - pronouns-
masculine feminine neuter
English Serbian English
1. I ja moji moje moja my
2. you ti tvoji tvoje tvoja your
3. he on njegovi njegove njegova his
she ona njeni njene njena her
it ono njegovi njegove njegova its
1. we mi naši naše naša our
2. you vi vaši vaše vaša your
3. oni
they one njihovi njihove njihova their
ona

JA - MOJ/MOJA/MOJE (singular) – MOJI/MOJE/MOJA (plural)

Example: moj prijatelj (singular masculine) - moji prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning my friend, my friends – masculine)
Example: moja prijateljica (singular feminine) - moje prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning my girlfriend, my girlfriends – feminine)
Example: moje dete (singular neuter) - moja deca (plural neuter)
(meaning my child, my children – neuter)
Note: We are using the noun prijateljica to mean “a female friend” or girlfriend in these examples to
help you distinguish between the genders (because prijatelj and prijateljica both mean a friend in
English)

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TI - TVOJ/TVOJA/TVOJE (singular) – TVOJI/TVOJE/TVOJA (plural)
Example: tvoj prijatelj (singular masculine) - tvoji prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning your friend, your friends – masculine)
Example: tvoja prijateljica (singular feminine) - tvoje prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning your girlfriend, your girlfriends – feminine)
Example: tvoje dete (singular neuter) - tvoja deca (plural neuter)
(meaning your child, your children – neuter)

ON - NJEGOV/NJEGOVA/NJEGOVO (singular) – NJEGOVI/NJEGOVE/NJEGOVA

(plural)
Example: njegov prijatelj (singular masculine) - njegovi prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning his friend, his friends – masculine)
Example: njegova prijateljica (singular feminine) - njegove prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning his girlfriend, his girlfriends – feminine)
Example: njegovo dete (singular neuter) - njegova deca (plural neuter)
(meaning his child, his children – neuter)

ONA - NJEN/NJENA/NJENO (singular) – NJENI/NJENE/NJENA (plural)

Example: njen prijatelj (singular masculine) - njeni prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning her friend, her friends – masculine)
Example: njena prijateljica (singular feminine) - njene prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning her girlfriend, her girlfriends – feminine)
Example: njeno dete (singular neuter) - njena deca (plural neuter)
(meaning her child, her children – neuter)

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ONO same as ON - NJEGOV/NJEGOVA/NJEGOVO (singular) –
NJEGOVI/NJEGOVE/NJEGOVA (plural)
Example: njegov prijatelj (singular masculine) - njegovi prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning his friend, his friends – masculine)
Example: njegova prijateljica (singular feminine) - njegove prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning his girlfriend, his girlfriends – feminine)
Example: njegovo dete (singular neuter) - njegova deca (plural neuter)
(meaning his child, his children – neuter)

NAŠ - NAŠ/NAŠA/NAŠE (singular) – NAŠI/NAŠE/NAŠA (plural)

Example: naš prijatelj (singular masculine) - naši prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning our friend, our friends – masculine)
Example: naša prijateljica (singular feminine) - naše prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning our girlfriend, our girlfriends – feminine)
Example: naše dete (singular neuter) - naša deca (plural neuter)
(meaning our child, our children – neuter)

VAŠ - VAŠ/VAŠA/VAŠE (singular) – VAŠI/VAŠE/NAŠA (plural)

Example: vaš prijatelj (singular masculine) - vaši prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning your friend, your friends – masculine)
Example: vaša prijateljica (singular feminine) - vaše prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning your girlfriend, your girlfriends – feminine)
Example: vaše dete (singular neuter) - vaša deca (plural neuter)
(meaning your child, your children – neuter)

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ONI/ONE/ONA - NJIHOV/NJIHOVA/NJIHOVO (singular) –
NJIHOVI/NJIHOVE/NJIHOVA (plural)
Example: njihov prijatelj (singular masculine) - njihoi prijatelji (plural masculine)
(meaning their friend, their friends – masculine)
Example: njihova prijateljica (singular feminine) - njihove prijateljice (plural feminine)
(meaning their girlfriend, their girlfriends – feminine)
Example: njihovo dete (singular neuter) - njihova deca (plural neuter)
(meaning their child, their children – neuter)

Now, let’s make some sentences:

How do you say They are my sisters? Remember, since sisters is feminine plural we need
to use a possessive pronoun that is feminine and plural, because the possessive pronoun
must match the noun it is referring to. The noun sister is sestra. So, how do you say They
are my sisters? One su moje sestre. Notice how everything is based off of the noun. To
make the noun sestra plural, we substitute the a with an e, which gives us the plural
feminine noun sestre. Moja, which means my feminine singular, becomes moje, so we
end up with One su moje sestre.

How do you say They are my friends (masculine)? Oni su moji prijatelji. As a reminder,
prijatelj means friend and it’s a singular masculine noun. In order to make it plural,
we add an i to the end of the word since it’s masculine, and now everything else
must match. On which means he (a masculine personal pronoun for 3rd person
singular) becomes a plural masculine pronoun oni because it refers to they (a
masculine personal pronoun for 3rd person plural). So now moj, (a singular
masculine pronoun which means my), becomes moji (a plural masculine pronoun
which means my). And we get Oni su moji prijatelji. We have the gender
(masculine) and number (plural) agreement in this sentence.

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VOCABULARY
PLURAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Serbian English
moji my – plural masculine
moje my – plural feminine
moja my – plural neuter
tvoji your – plural masculine
tvoje your – plural feminine
tvoja your – plural neuter
njegovi his – plural masculine
njegove his – plural feminine
njegova his – plural neuter
njeni her – plural masculine
njene her – plural feminine
njena her – plural neuter
njegovi its – plural masculine
njegove its – plural feminine
njegova its – plural neuter
naši our – plural masculine
naše our – plural feminine
naša our – plural neuter
vaši your – plural masculine
vaše your – plural feminine
vaša your – plural neuter
njihovi their – plural masculine
njihove their – plural feminine
njihova their – plural neuter

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LESSON EXAMPLES

Serbian
Oni su moji prijatelji
One su moje prijateljice
Oni su tvoji prijatelji
One su tvoje prijateljice
naši prijatelji
naše prijateljice
naša deca
English
They are my friends (plural masculine)
They are my girlfriends (plural feminine)
They are your friends (plural masculine)
They are your girlfriends (plural
feminine)
our friends (plural masculine)
our girlfriends (plural feminine)
our children (plural neuter)

PRACTICE
SENTENCES

# Serbian English
1. One su moje zubarke They are my dentists (feminine plural)
2. Oni su moji profesori They are my professors (masculine plural)

3. One su vaše profesorke They are your professors (feminine plural)

4. Oni su vaši studenti They are your students (masculine plural)
5. One su njihove devojke They are their girlfriends (feminine plural)
6. Oni su njihovi doktori They are their doctors (masculine plural)

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EXCERCISE #1
Choose the correct personal pronoun:

1. Oni su _tvoji__prijatelji (example) tvoji/tvoje/tvoja

2. One su ________ studentkinje moji/moje/moja

3. Maja i Kris su _______ deca naši/naše/naša

4. One su _________ zubarke njegovi/njegove/njegova
5. Oni su___________ novinari naši/naše/naša
6. One su __________ profesorke njeni/njene/njena
7. Kris i Maja su __________ deca njihovi/njihove/njihova
8. Oni su _______ doktori vaši/vaše/vaša

EXERCISE #2
Use the correct form of the plural possessive pronouns:
#
possessive pronoun personal pronoun English
1. _moje_ devojke (example) ja my girlfriends

2. _______ deca on his children

3. _______ žene oni their wives
4. _______ zubari mi our dentists
5. _______ majke oni their mothers

6. _______ studenti ja my students

7. _______ žene ti your wives
8. _______ doktori vi your doctors
9. _______ mora mi our seas

10. _______ profesorke ona her professors

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EXCERCISE #3

Use the correct form of the possessive pronoun and fill in the blanks:

# Serbian personal pronoun English

1. One su tvoje prijateljice (example) ti They are your friends (feminine)

2. Mi smo _______ učiteljice on We are his teachers (feminine)

3. Vi ste ________ prijatelji mi You are our friends (masculine)
4. Kris i Maja su _______ deca ja Chris and Maya are my children

5. One su ________ prijateljice one They are their friends (feminine)

6. Oni su __________ zubari ti They are your dentists (masculine)
7. One su ________ doktorke vi They are your doctors (feminine)

EXCERCISE #4

Make the plural form for both the pronoun and the noun :
singular plural
1. vaš doktor vaši doktori (example)
2. naša doktorka
3. moje dete

4. njen student
5. moja studentkinja
6. njegova kuća
7. tvoja prijateljica

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ANSWER KEY
EXCERCISE #1

(The answer is underlined and in bold)

Choose the correct personal pronoun:

1. Oni su _tvoji__prijatelji (example) tvoji/tvoje/tvoja

2. One su _moje_ studentkinje moji/moje/moja
3. Maja i Kris su _ naša_ deca naši/naše/naša

4. One su _njegove_ zubarke njegovi/njegove/njegova

5. Oni su_naši_novinari naši/naše/naša
6. One su _njene_ profesorke njeni/njene/njena
7. Kris i Maja su _ njihova_ deca njihovi/njihove/njihova
8. Oni su _vaši_doktori vaši/vaše/vaša

EXCERCISE #2

(The answer is underlined and in bold)

Use the correct form of the plural possessive pronouns:

#
possessive pronoun personal pronoun English
1. _moje_ devojke (example) ja my girlfriends
2. _njegova_ deca on his children
3. _njihove_ žene oni their wives

4. _naši_ zubari mi our dentists

5. _njihove_ majke oni their mothers

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 #
possessive pronoun personal pronoun English
6. _moji_ studenti ja my students
7. _tvoje_ žene ti your wives
8. _vaši_ doktori vi your doctors
9. _naša_ mora mi our seas
10. _njene_ profesorke ona her professors

EXCERCISE #3

(The answer is underlined and in bold)

Use the correct form of the possessive pronoun and fill in the blanks:

# personal
Serbian pronoun English
1. One su tvoje prijateljice (example) ti They are your friends (feminine plural)

2. Mi smo _njegove_ učiteljice on We are his teachers (feminine plural)

3. Vi ste _naši_ prijatelji mi You are our friends (masculine plural)
4. Kris i Maja su _moja_ deca ja Chris and Maya are my children (feminine
plural)
5. One su _njihove_ prijateljice one They are their friends (feminine plural)
6. Oni su _tvoji_ zubari ti They are your dentists (masculine plural)
7. One su _vaše_ doktorke vi They are your doctors (feminine plural)

EXCERCISE #4
(The answer is in bold)

Make the plural form for both the pronoun and the noun:
singular plural
1. vaš doktor vaši doktori (example)

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singular plural
2. naša doktorka naše doktorke
3. moje dete moja deca

4. njen student njeni studenti

5. moja studentkinja moje studentkinje
6. njegova kuća njegove kuće
7. tvoja prijateljica tvoje prijateljice

Excellent! Odlično!
Ćao, drugari!

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