The Nominative Case: Reflecting The Basic Form Of Every Noun

The nominative case is the easiest for you to learn. Each new noun you learn is in the nominative case. This means that the nominative case reflects the basic form of every noun.
It's easiest because each word in the nominative case will be the subject of the sentence. Or the other way around - when you identify the subject of the sentence, you’ll know that word needs to be in its basic form, the nominative case.
To identify a subject of the sentence, we need to ask who or what is performing the action in the sentence. These are also the corresponding questions for the nominative case.
For example, in the first sentence Mom is reading, if we ask who is reading? we get an answer mom. Mom is the subject. Mom is in the nominative case.
In the second sentence, John is running, if we ask who is running? we get an answer, John. John is the subject. John is in the nominative case.

[@taiguara15]

This is so very clarifying! It is quite hard to find good and explanatory Croatian videos/blogs/websites that explain in an easy and very didactic way! Thank you very much for making this content.

[@learncroatian9135]

Thank you so much for your comment! I am aware that Croatian content and explanations are hard to find so we're working on making as much of it available as we can. We'll have more content coming soon! :)

[@danic1806]

You are truly skilled at teaching! Hvala puno!

[@dusansoltysik9356]

Excelent teaching very clear My father was born in Sibenik Croatia My mother un Florence italy I was born in italy in italy My father started to talk to me in servo Croatian But then stopped so i spoke in italian then me emigranted to Argentina So i learned spanish then we went to live in Ecuador y was in the American high school si i learned English then i Went yo study university in Texas I got married with a french girl Si i lived with her family two years SO learned french bye ear and Also i learned portuguese and Germán But always i wanted to.learn Croatian Since i have many relatives in Croatia My name is Dusan and last name Soltysik the grandfather of My father was from Poland and the last name of the mother of My father es Skovrlj From oklaj. My son got married with a Polish girl and My daugther got married with a french and live in París So muy family is like the united nations

[@lakpanorbhusherpa8140]

Good video

[@user-gf2rj5mz3j]

Thank you always. I also want to learn about infinitive to. Please give me a lecture on to infinitive.

[@hossammohssen7157]

super si :)

[@morplak930]

Hvala :D

[@Marco-rn8ww]

Zdravo , ja učim hrvatski , I'm still new to it but getting better , there's a lot to know , but your videos are dobro, one question I have is with the masculine and feminine side, do you use mas/fem because that's your gender or it's about the person, topic, subject etc your using so you use that form? , sorry it may sound like a silly question, but in English we pretty much just speak and put all words together , we don't have a word that makes a full sentence , if you get what I mean. Hvala.

[@acan970]

You will use masculine/feminine based on your own gender, but also the gender of what you’re talking about. For example a man and a woman could explain the exact same experience in first person view, and the listener would know based on the grammatical gender whether the narrator is male or female. It would never have to be specifically stated whether the narrator is male or female. I hope this helps with your question.

[@pooriaheidary6204]

Zdravo. As long as I know the nominative, singular, male adjectives you mentioned at 5:54 are "velik, cern, opasan". So why you added "i" suffix to them?

[@learncroatian9135]

Zdravo! That's a great question! So, the adjectives can have an accented, emphasized form. For instance, you can say "a black dog" - crn pas, and "the black dog" - crni pas. In this case you add the "i" at the end.

[@pooriaheidary6204]

@innes Thank you. Does making emphasis always done by adding "i" suffix or it is just for singular nominative case?

[@learncroatian9135]

@@pooriaheidary6204 this is just for the Nominative case...

[@renatofigueiredo603]

Greetings from Brazil. Ok you and I won the first casses battle: the Nominative. This one is easy. I hope the same applies to all other Slavic languages. Question: In the sentence " To je veliki, crni, opasni pas". May I use the conjunction I - To je veliki, crni i opasni pas" or Croatian language doesn't use between the two last adjectives?

[@learncroatian9135]

Great for the Nominative! 💪🏻 Yes, you can use the conjuction "i", but normally it's used only once and most of the time between the last two adjectives, just like the example you gave.

[@renatofigueiredo603]

@@learncroatian9135 hvala

[@user-qr4ic5ev2l]

Second thought, we´d like homework to practice.

[@doayilmaz]

What is the difference between "ali" and "nego"

[@JLizard]

i do not understand 3:40 which I hear as "in nominative you use as the subject of the sentence as a possible predicate noun in the sentence."

[@learncroatian9135]

Nominative is used as the subject of the sentence and as the predicative noun in the sentence (such as She is a student)

[@JLizard]

@@learncroatian9135 When "like" or "as" are used to is compare something, the phrase they are used in are called a "simile". At 5:05 you say "pronouns" or "adjectives" but only "adjectives is written on the screen. 6:39 should read: Nominative form is used when 1 Subject of the sentence (who, what) 2) Predicative noun (noun described by a verb)? 3) in cases of simile or but (kao, nego) The 4th point does not seem relevant here as it just seems like a reminder or a completely different subject that pertains to N and should be therefore explained separately with 1) count 2) gender 3) case

[@learncroatian9135]

@@JLizard Thank you for your input and feedback! I appreciate it!