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.

Dative

“Direction”, “Give”

kome, čemu

to whome, to what

Example:

Give this to the teacher.

Daj ovo učitelju

Send this to my sister.

Pošalji ovo mojoj sestri.

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Pronouns

Example:

Give that to me.

Daj to meni.

I will give this to you.

Daću ovo tebi.

Give that to him.

Daj to njemu.

Give that to her.

Daj to njoj.

Give that to us.

Daj to nama.

I will give this to you.

Daću ovo vama.

Give that to them.

Daj to njima.

Masculine - Singular

Nouns - Singular

add “u”

Example:

(teacher - učitelj)

I sent it to the teacher.

Poslao sam učitelju.

(boss - šef)

I gave it to boss.

Dao sam šefu.

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Masculine - Singular

Possessive Pronouns - Masculine

Example:

I sent it to my teacher.

Poslao sam mom učitelju.

(to my - mom) - masculine

(to teacher - učitelju) - add “u”

I gave it to your boss.

Dao sam tvom šefu.

(to your - tvom) - masculine

(to teacher - šefu) - add “u”

Masculine - Plural

Nouns - Singular

add “ima”

Example:

Give that to the teachers.

Daj to učiteljima.

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Masculine - Plural

Possessive Pronouns - Plural

Example:

Give that to our teachers.

Daj to našim učiteljima.

(to our - našim) - plural

(to teachers - učiteljima) - add “ima”

Feminine - Singular

Nouns - Singular

change a to “i”

Example:

Give it to mama.

Daj to mami.

(aunt - tetka)

I sent it to aunt.

Poslala sam tetki.

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Feminine - Singular

Possessive Pronouns - Feminine

Example:

Give it to your mama.

Daj to tvojoj mami.

(to your - tvojoj) - feminine

(to mama - mami) - change a to “i”

I sent it to our aunt.

Poslala sam našoj tetki.

(to our - našoj) - feminine

(to aunt - tetki) - change a to “i”

Feminine - Plural

Nouns - Singular

add “ama”

Example:

I sent it to aunts.

Poslao sam tetkama.

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Feminine - Plural

Possessive Pronouns - Plural

Example:

I sent it to our aunts.

Poslao sam našim tetkama.

(to our - našim) - plural

(to aunts - tetkama) - add “ama”