Reminder: Please note that some rules have been intentionally omitted from this tutorial. Only the general rules that are essential for those just starting to learn Serbian have been included.

Genitive

of who, of what

koga, čega

Example:

I have a lot of friends.

Imam mnogo prijatelja.

I am in front of you.

Ja sam ispred tebe.

Before learning the Pronouns, remember these prepositions first. You will use genitive rules together with this prepositions so better to learn or familiarize all of them.

Prepositions to Remember

Remember all that are written in the table:

Pronouns-Genitive

Let’s combine the Preposition above and the Pronouns.

Example:

The bank is near me.

Banka je blizu mene.

The sky is above us.

Nebo je iznad nas.

I am beside you.

Ja sam pored tebe.

Masculine - Singular

Nouns - Singular

add “a”

Example:

(bed - krevet)

The phone is under the bed.

Telefon je ispod kreveta.

(refrigerator - frižider)

The door is next to refrigerator.

Vrata je pored frižidera.

Remember all that are written in the table:

Possesive Pronouns - Masculine Singular

Example:

The phone is under my bed.

Telefon je ispod mog kreveta.

(my - mog) - masculine

(bed - kreveta) - add “a”

The door is next to our refrigerator.

Vrata je pored našeg frižidera.

(our - našeg) - masculine

(refrigerator - frižidera) - add “a”

Masculine - Plural

Nouns - Plural

add “a”

Example:

(friend - prijatelj)

I have a lot of friends.

Imam mnogo prijatelja.

Remember all that are written in the table:

Possesive Pronouns - Masculine Plural

Example:

I saw a lot of my friends there.

Videla sam mnogo mojih prijatelja tamo.

(of my - mojih) - plural

(of friends - prijatelja) - add “a”

Feminine - Singular

Nouns - Singular

change a to “e”

Example:

(house - kuća)

I am in front of house.

Ja sam ispred kuće.

(building - zgrada)

I am next to a building.

Ja sam pored zgrade.

Remember all that are written in the table:

Possesive Pronouns - Feminine Singular

Example:

I am in front of your house.

Ja sam ispred tvoje kuće.

(your - tvoje) - feminine

(house - kuće) - change a to “e”

I am next to his building.

Ja sam pored njegove zgrade.

(his - njegove) - feminine

(building - zgrade) - change a to “e”

Feminine - Plural

Nouns - Plural

add “a”

Example:

(book - knjiga)

I read a lot of books.

Pročitao sam mnogo knjiga.

Remember all that are written in the table:

Possesive Pronouns - Feminine Plural

Example:

I read a lot of her books.

Pročitao sam mnogo njenih knjiga.

(her - njenih) - plural

(books - knjiga) - add “a”