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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.
Slovene nouns retain six of the seven Slavic noun cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, and instrumental. There is no distinct vocative; the nominative is used in that role. Nouns, adjectives, and pronouns have three numbers: singular, dual, and plural. Nouns in Slovene are either masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.
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.
In the first Swahili example, the noun has the prefix m-because it is part of class 1 for human beings. The prefix m-then agrees with the adjective m-dogo. The verb agreement is different simply because the verb agreement for class 1 is a-rather than m-. The second example has the prefix ki-because the noun basket is part of class 7. Class 7 ...
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 ...
Archive 4; Archive 5; Leaving this aside, as I can find many notable organizations that use either Slovene or Slovenian both as an adjective and a noun and some use Slovenian as an adjective and Slovene as a noun, I am now nevertheless more in favor of Slovenian both as an adjective and a noun, after having found two interesting and independent web pages.