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The preposition među among is used when there are more than two things, but it
can be also used with collective nouns, e.g. među lišćem among the leaves;
alternatively, you can use u¨ + DL (e.g. u lišću).
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® Besides grm, in Bosnia and Serbia, another word is used, especially for larger
bushes: žbun; from it, there’s a collective noun žbunje.
The individual noun sud vessel, pot is very rare in Croatia, but often heard in Bosnia
and Serbia. Its regular plural sudovi is common in these countries.
Forms like četvoro are very frequent and standard in Bosnia and Serbia.
Using A djecu with negative imati have is much more common in Bosnia, and
prevails in Serbia – if you Google on the .rs domain for "nemam decu" and
"nemam dece", you’ll get a ratio bigger than 10:1.
• Exercise
Complete the following sentences:
Cvijeće ______(a) na podu. The flowers are on the floor.
Jedem ______________(b). I’m eating fruits.
______________(c) ______(d) u školi. Children are in the school.
Darovi su za ______(e) ______________(f). The gifts are for your children.
Razgovaram s ______________(g) ______________(h). I’m talking to your brothers.
Djeca ____(i) ______________(j). Children are playing.
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