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so it could be a statement about a house!
It’s possible to put the adjective first in sentences "X is Y", which emphasizes it:
Duboko je jezero. The lake is deep. (really deep)
One more detail is still not answered: adjectives have an optional -i in the masculine
gender. It’s not used when you use adjectives on their own, but it’s usually used
when an adjective is placed before a noun:
Hrast je star. The oak is old.
Stari hrast još raste. The old oak is still growing.
We have here used the verb rasti (raste) grow; the verb is not used to grow
something (i.e. cultivate).
Some adjectives (e.g. mali small, little) have always the -i in masculine, regardless
where they’re used, and they’re listed so. Its feminine form is mala and so on.
The adjective gotov is used to express that something is prepared or ready, e.g.:
Ručak je gotov. The dinner is ready.
The adverbs of intensity are also used with adjectives, and must be placed right
before them (or fused, in case of pre-):
Riba je jako velika. The fish is very big.
Jezero je dosta duboko. The lake is quite deep.
Restoran nije preskup. The restaurant isn’t too expensive.
Sunce je stvarno jako. The sun is really strong.
Vlak je strašno spor. The train is terribly slow. (colloq.)
The adverb of intensity jako is exactly the same as the neuter form of the adjective
jak strong, but its meaning is not equal. More about that in the next chapter.
Don’t forget: nouns and adjectives really don’t have the same endings. And you
should always keep in mind that there are couple of nouns having unexpected
genders (from their endings, at least):
Tata je zdrav. Dad is healthy.
Noć je duga. The night is long.
rasti
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® In southern parts of Croatia (i.e. in Dalmatia) and parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina,
auto car is very often neuter in colloquial speech, so you’ll sometimes read and hear
novo auto.
The noun stol table has the form sto (stol-) in Serbia and most of Bosnia, but it’s still
masculine. Consequently, it’s velik(i) sto in Serbia.
The noun bol f pain is almost always masculine in Serbia, and is often understood as
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f