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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 48 Wholes, Parts, Heaps and Pairs 280 / 600
There are several other nouns that can be used as measures of countable nouns in
plural and uncountable in singular. The result behaves as the quantity noun.
gomila bunch, big quantity
kutija box
hrpa heap
vreća bag, sack
žlica spoon ®
For example:
Gomila N ljudi G je bila na trgu DL . A large crowd of people was at the town square.
Hrpa N pijeska G je bila u dvorištu DL . A heap of sand was in the yard.
While gomila is very generic, there are specific words for various groups of animals
(which are, nevertheless, a bit less specific than in English):
krdo herd (of wild animals, sometimes cattle)
stado herd (of domesticated animals)
jato flock / school (of fish)
roj swarm
čopor pack (of carnivores)
For example:
Vidim stado N ovaca G . I see a herd of sheep.
(The noun ovca sheep is one of nouns that shift their stress to the inserted -a- in
G-pl.)
Then, there’s a noun which is also used as an adverb:
par pair
This noun is used primarily with things that come in pairs, like gloves, shoes, socks,
and such pairs can be counted:
Imam dva para 24 cipela G . I have two pairs of shoes.
Of course, the noun which is in pair comes in G-pl. Exactly like in English, this noun is
often used to enable counting of the noun hlače f pl. pants, trousers since that noun
cannot be counted by normal means – it doesn’t have singular forms at all, including
the form needed after numbers 2, 3, 4 – but it has G-pl:
Imaš tri para 24 hlača G . You have three pairs of pants. ®
Be careful: with nouns that don’t normally come in pairs, the word par is rather a
quantity adverb which doesn’t change, and, when subject, causes verbs to be in
3rd person neuter singular:
Imam par majica G . I have a couple of T-shirts. (adverb)
U ormaru DL je bilo par majica G . A couple of T-shirts were in the wardrobe.
(adverb)
U ormaru DL je bio par N cipela G . A pair of shoes was in the wardrobe. (noun)