NOMINATIVE ACCUSATIVE GENITIVE LOCATIVE & DATIVE INSTRUMENTAL

Names of things. What? i.e. direct object. Also with motion verbs. Object relation, quantity, time, possessive. Locative: Where? About whom or what? With or by what?
Dative: Toward, to, for.

Singular (for adj.) Singular Singular Singular Singular

M. F. N. M. F. N. M. / N. ⇋ F. M. / N. ⇋ F. M. / N. ⇋ F.
NON-LIVING ADJ. NOUN — ADJ. NOUN ADJ. NOUN ADJ. NOUN —
◀️nominative
ø -a -o -u ◀️nomin-
-og -om -om
-e1 LIVING ative
-eg1 -a -e -em1 -u -oj -i -im -em1 -om
genitive ▶

Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural

M. F. N. M. F. / N. M. / F. / N. M. / N. ⇋ F. M. / F. / N.
ADJ. NOUN ADJ. NOUN ADJ. NOUN
-i -e -ima
-e -a ◀️nominative -a ◀️locative/dative
-ih -im -ovima 2
-im -ama
-ovi2 -evi1,2 -ove2 -eve1,2 -ova2 -eva1,2 -evima1,2

-k, -g, -h nouns Prepositions Prepositions -k, -g, -h nouns Prepositions

M. plural nouns ending with: • za — for (recipient, goal) • blizu — near • daleko od — far from F. singular nouns ending with: Ex: • sa, s — with
• kroz — through • pored — next to • preko — across, via • Americi Don’t include “sa” for tools and transport.
-k ➜ -ci Applies for nouns in all cases, if
• u — to (with closed space), on (day of week) • levo od — left of • desno od — right of -ka* ➜ -ci * Except with • knjizi
the added ending starts with “i”.
-g ➜ -zi • na — to (with open space or event) • ispred — in front of • iza — behind -ga ➜ -zi female names. • eposi Frequency
-h ➜ -si Ex: jezik ➜ jezici
• po — for (intention, goal) • ispod — below, under • iznad — above, over -ha ➜ -si
• uz — with (for good combinations), up • između — between • oko — around Use instrumental for indefinite recurrences. Ex:
• niz — down • pre — before • posle — after vikend ➜ vikendom, ponedeljak ➜ ponedeljkom
• bez — without • osim — except M. plural nouns ending with: Ex:
Masculine monosyllabic plural nouns
• kod — at (home) • van — out of • radnicima
• tokom — during • zbog — because of -k ➜ -cima • psiholozima
-ovi2 -evi1,2 Ex: drugovi, čajevi VOCATIVE • do — to, until -g ➜ -zima • tepisima -i DECLENSION
Calling/addressing someone. • od — from (someone/thing/where) — -h ➜ -sima For F. nouns not ending in -a, for all cases.
Exceptions: reverse of “do”
• put ➜ putevi • mrav ➜ mravi • iz — from, out of (ex: city) — reverse of “u”
• sir ➜ sirevi • zub ➜ zubi Singular • sa — from (off) — reverse of “na” Common words and case endings
• dan ➜ dani • sat ➜ sati (as “hours”)
• konj ➜ konji Use satovi for “watches”. M. F. N. • ljubav • bolest • radost • novost • noć
— Special plurals Countries
ADJ. NOUN ADJ. NOUN • smrt • mladost • ponoć • stvar • reč
Special plurals
-i -e -a -o3 ◀️nom- Some plural nouns use -i, -iju, or -u instead of -a. Use adj. form for countries ending with:
Singular Plural Ex:
• brat ➜ braća • pas ➜ psi (see: movable a)
-u1 inative
• čovek ➜ ljudi • gost ➜ gostiju • noga ➜ nogu -ska, -ška, -čka Nominative ø -i
• reč ➜ reči
Ex: Poljska ➜ Poljskoj
• čovek ➜ ljudi • posao ➜ poslovi • mesec ➜ • oko ➜ očiju • ruka ➜ ruku Accusative ø -i
Plural meseci • prst ➜ prstiju Special:
• dete ➜ deca • rame ➜ ramena Genitive -i -i • misao ➜
• drvo ➜ drveta • sto ➜ stolovi • sat ➜ sati • uho ➜ ušiju Prepositions Locative/Dative -i -ima
M. / F. / N. misli
• ime ➜ imena • vreme ➜ vremena Instrumental -i -ima
Locative: Vocative -i -i
◀️nominative
Double trailing consonant plurals • u — in, in (month of year)
Movable “a” for nom. pl. and other cases (sg. and pl.) • na — on, at, in (language)
-k, -g, -h nouns Add an “a” to separate the trailing consonants. • po — all over, all around, according to
Remove last “a” before Ex: vredan ➜ vredni • o — about
changing the ending for
many words ending in -ak, -ac, -an, -ar.
M. nouns ending with: Ex:
• junače
• zemlja ➜ zemalja
• sestra ➜ sestara
• pismo ➜ pisama
• sveska ➜ svesaka Dative:
Serbian Cases Chart v3.5
-k ➜ -če (sg.) ➜ -ci (pl.) • Bože • student ➜ studenata • viljuška ➜ viljušaka • prema — toward Updates: slev.life/serbian-cases-chart
Exceptions: Male names ending in -an, and usually -g ➜ -že (sg.) ➜ -zi (pl.) • duše • ka, k — toward (movement only)
Verbs: slev.life/serbian-verbs
when “a” is the only vowel. Ex: star ➜ stari. … Unless it sounds weird. Ex: lampi, pomorandži.
-h ➜ -še (sg.) ➜ -si (pl.) • uprkos (adv.) — despite

1. Used with trailing soft consonants: c, ć, č, đ, dž, j, lj, nj, š, ž, • Ø means the existing consonant, i.e. no change. • Serbian alphabet: А B V G D Đ E Ž Z I J K L Lj M N Nj O P R S T Ć U F H C Č Dž Š © 2021 Steven Levithan
except male names (vocative). • Adjectives follow the form of their nouns (case, gender, plurality). • In Cyrillic script: А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ж З И Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т Ћ У Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш CC BY 4.0 License
2. Used with masculine monosyllabic nouns only. • Pronouns follow adjective rules.
3. Don’t change ending for some female names (mostly long names).