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® In Serbia, relative adjectives derived from Pariz, Teksas and Tunis have forms
pariski, teksaski and tuniski, while forms of these adjectives in -ški are rare and
considered non-standard in Serbia. This applies to most such nouns, but not to viški,
which is accepted also in Serbia. Conversely, forms like pariski are very rare in
Croatia.
Instead of proljetni, a more regular adjective proljećni is used in Serbia and
Montenegro, and sometimes in Bosnia; instead of osoba → osobni, lice → lični
covers that meaning in Serbia and Bosnia.
The noun stol table has the form sto (stol-) in Serbia and most of Bosnia, and the
derived adjective is a bit unexpected stoni.
The noun večer f evening has the form veče (večer- f) in Serbia and most of Bosnia,
but the derived adjective is the same, večernji.
Adjectives ending in -ji (e.g. dječji) have alternative forms ending in -iji (e.g. dječiji)
that actually prevail in Serbia and Bosnia and are accepted in standard there. They
are sometimes seen in Croatia as well.
Instead of šalica, the words šolja and šoljica are used in Serbia and parts of Bosnia.
Instead of naočale, words naočare and naočari are more common in Serbia and
most of Bosnia.
It appears that -ski is a bit more favored in Bosnia and Serbia: for example, from the
noun autobusʷ¹ there’s autobuski there, while there’s autobusniʷ¹ in Croatia.
Spellings such as naprimjer are not standard in Serbia, and are partially accepted in
Bosnia and Montenegro.
• Something Possibly Interesting
In Danish, the adjective Danish is dansk: you again see the -sk- to form adjectives. It
turns out that Croatian -ski, Danish (and Swedish and Norwegian) -sk, German -isch
and English -ish have a common origin. The -i- before -sk- was lost in Croatian, but
not before it had affected the preceding consonants: for instance, it had changed k
to č in putnik → putnički.
Each employee in Croatia has at least 4 weeks of godišnji, paid vacation, and often
more. For those who can choose when they want to use these days, there’s a whole
art of creating mini-vacations, by merging weekends with public holidays.
The adjective čajni is also used in čajna kobasica, literally tea sausage. This is often
shortened to just čajna, since the feminine form of the adjective is seldom used in
any other expression. However, it originally had nothing to do with tea; it seems it’s
a corruption of China.