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Ovo N je prijevod N od strane sudskog tumača G . This is a translation by a court
interpreter.
This construction is controversial, especially with strane, but you will find it in
writing.
It seems that relational adjectives can usually be derived from root verbal nouns by
adding -ni:
ispit exam → ispitni
rad work → radni
izvoz export (noun) → izvozni
uvod introduction → uvodni
However, relational adjectives cannot be derived from ordinary most other verbal
nouns, especially not from regular ones. Nouns that are used-for-something are
described with za¨ + verbal noun:
naočale za čitanje reading glasses
daska za peglanje ironing board (lit. ‘plank’)
papir za pečenje baking paper
The first expression literally means glasses for reading, the second one plank for
ironing, and the third one paper for baking.
When you use verbal nouns as a location, that is, you’re ‘in’ or ‘on’ something, some
verbal nouns use u¨, especially if it’s a solitary, or short activity:
Ana N i Goran N su u šetnji DL . Ana and Goran went for a walk. (lit. ‘are in a walk’)
However, most verbal nouns, especially when they involve more people, are
organized, scheduled, done in shops or offices, and so on, use the preposition na¨:
Goran N je na šišanju DL . lit. ‘Goran is on a haircut.’ (at the hairdresser’s)
Verbal nouns or derived relational adjectives are not used for expressions like
English flying saucers (saucers that fly): for that, so-called present adjectives are
used. They will be introduced in 80 Present Adverbs and Adjectives.
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® In Serbia, the verb mrziti hate has the unexpected “Ekavian” form mrzeti (mrzi),
but the gerund-like noun is the same: mržnja.
Instead of the verb šutjeti/šutiti be silent, the verb ćutati (ćuti) is used Serbia and
often in Bosnia as well.
The verb usporediti («) perf. compare has slightly different forms in Serbia and most
of Bosnia, without -s-: uporediti («) and porediti («). From the latter verb, the verbal
noun poređenje is derived.