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[4] [5] For example, the noun igra "game" has the genitive plural form iger, not igr. If the last consonant is j, then i is used as the fill vowel instead. For example, ladja "boat" has the genitive plural ladij. However, if the stem ends in lj, nj or rj, then the fill vowel is the normal e and is inserted before both consonants.
Nouns with a stem whose pronunciation ends in /-ɾ/ or a vowel (not to be confused with a noun having a vowel ending in nominative singular) have an added -j-when an ending is attached, such as tȃksi tȃksija 'taxi' and redár redárja 'security guard at a public event'. There are exceptions, though.
Nouns in Slovene are either masculine, feminine, or neuter gender. In addition, there is a distinction between animate and inanimate nouns. This is only relevant for masculine nouns and only in the singular, at odds with some other Slavic languages, e.g., Russian, for which it is also relevant in the plural for all genders. Animate nouns have ...
Dual (abbreviated DU) is a grammatical number that some languages use in addition to singular and plural.When a noun or pronoun appears in dual form, it is interpreted as referring to precisely two of the entities (objects or persons) identified by the noun or pronoun acting as a single unit or in unison.
There are 2 verbal nouns: the infinitive (nedoločnik), which can be long or short and the supine . The long infinitive is the basic verb form found in dictionaries, and ends in -ti. The supine and short infinitive are formed by dropping the last -i of the infinitive. Supine is used after verbs that designate motion.
The numbers from 5 onwards do not decline for gender. They also behave somewhat differently when modifying a noun. When placed in the nominative or accusative case, the following noun is put in the genitive plural case, while the numeral remains in the nominative/accusative. In the other cases, the numeral and noun are both in the same case.
Several of the pronouns have unstressed and clitic forms that are unstressed, and may attach to another word. For example: Zanj mi je dal denar. "He gave me the money for him." (Note: if the 'he' was referring to the same person, the reflexive personal pronoun would be used.) Za njega mi je dal denar. "He gave me the money for him (in particular)."
Slovene vs Slovenian (policy) A heated and long-running dispute has occupied this and other pages regarding the relative merits of the terms Slovene and Slovenian as both nouns and adjectives referring to Slovenia and its people. Various historical, etymological, cultural, aesthetic, and logical arguments can be made to support the "correctness ...