Introduction |
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How to use this book |
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Chapter 1 The story of "four languages" |
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1 | (8) |
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1.1 Ekavian and Iyekavian pronunciations |
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2 | (1) |
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1.2 Number of speakers, official language names |
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3 | (2) |
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1.3 Brief outline of main grammatical differences |
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5 | (4) |
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Chapter 2 Alphabet, pronunciation, spelling |
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9 | (13) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Voiced/unvoiced consonants |
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12 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Soft/hard consonants |
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12 | (1) |
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2.3 Consonant and vowel alternations |
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13 | (9) |
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2.3.1 Consonant softening before - E (palatalisation) |
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13 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Consonant softening before - I (sibilarisation) |
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14 | (1) |
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2.3.3 J-changes (yotation) |
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14 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Voicing assimilation |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (2) |
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2.3.7 Removal of a duplicated consonant |
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20 | (1) |
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2.3.8 Multiple alternations |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (45) |
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22 | (3) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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3.2 Plural (nominative plural) |
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25 | (5) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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3.2.4 Neuter collective nouns |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (37) |
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3.3.1 Cases in English and BCMS |
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30 | (2) |
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3.3.2 The First and Second Declensions - singular |
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32 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (6) |
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39 | (4) |
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43 | (5) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (4) |
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53 | (1) |
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3.3.10 Accusative vs locative (destination vs location) |
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54 | (1) |
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3.3.11 The First and Second Declensions plural |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (2) |
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3.3.13 The Third Declension (feminine nouns ending in a consonant) |
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58 | (1) |
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3.3.14 Frequently used nouns with irregularities in declension |
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59 | (6) |
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3.3.15 Only plural nouns (pluralia tantum) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (11) |
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4.1 Descriptive and relational adjectives |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (3) |
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4.4.1 Short form declension |
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71 | (1) |
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4.5 Possessive adjectives (Markov, Vesnin) |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (5) |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (28) |
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78 | (4) |
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82 | (6) |
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5.2.1 Svoj -- possessive-reflexive pronoun for all persons |
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88 | (1) |
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5.3 Demonstrative pronouns ovaj -- taj -- onaj, ovakav, ovoliki |
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88 | (3) |
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5.4 Interrogative pronouns ko -- tko, sta -- sto, koji, ciji, kakav, koliki |
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91 | (4) |
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5.5 Relative pronouns -- koji, sto, ciji, kakav, ko |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (4) |
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5.6.1 Emphasised indefinite pronouns (whatever, whoever) |
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100 | (2) |
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5.7 Reflexive pronoun sebe (se) |
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102 | (1) |
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5.8 Pronoun sav, sva, sve (all, whole) |
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102 | (2) |
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5.9 Pronoun sam, sama, samo |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (24) |
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106 | (7) |
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6.1.1 Cardinal numbers' agreement with nouns, pronouns and adjectives |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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6.3 Collective numbers -oro (two people, three people) |
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114 | (2) |
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6.4 Numerical nouns -orica (two men, three men) |
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116 | (1) |
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6.5 Approximate numbers -ak |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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6.7 Numerals acting as a subject |
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119 | (2) |
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6.8 Numbers used in dates |
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121 | (4) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (3) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (59) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (28) |
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7.3.1 Transitive/intransitive verbs |
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132 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Auxiliary verbs -- biti and htjeti = hteti |
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133 | (2) |
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7.3.3 Regular verbs, pattern verbs, irregular verbs |
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135 | (8) |
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7.3.4 Perfective/imperfective verbs |
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143 | (8) |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (3) |
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160 | (14) |
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161 | (3) |
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7.4.2 Past tense (perfect tense) |
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164 | (4) |
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168 | (5) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (5) |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (5) |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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7.7.2 Currently possible -- kad(a) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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7.8.2 Past and future passive |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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7.9.1 Present verbal adverb |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (6) |
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8.1 LY adverbs and equivalents in BCMS |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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8.3 Adverbs as stand-alone words |
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191 | (1) |
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8.4 Learning tip: adverb families |
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192 | (3) |
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8.4.1 ne-, ni-, -i adverbs |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Emphasised indefinite adverbs (wherever, whenever) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (8) |
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9.1 Prepositions used with only one case |
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195 | (2) |
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9.1.1 Only with the genitive |
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195 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Only with the dative |
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196 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Only with the accusative |
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196 | (1) |
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9.2 Prepositions used with two cases |
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197 | (5) |
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9.2.1 Used with the locative or accusative |
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197 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Used with the instrumental or accusative |
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198 | (1) |
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9.2.3 Learning tip: when to use U, when NA |
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199 | (2) |
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9.2.4 Correlation between U-IZ and NA - SA |
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201 | (1) |
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9.3 Prepositions with verbs of motion |
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202 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Conjunctions and particles |
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203 | (11) |
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203 | (6) |
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10.2 Compound conjunctions |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Sentence structure |
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214 | (14) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (3) |
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11.3 Direct and indirect speech |
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218 | (1) |
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11.3.1 Reporting statements |
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218 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Reporting questions |
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218 | (1) |
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11.4 Predicate-only sentences |
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219 | (6) |
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11.4.1 Impersonal predicate-only sentences |
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219 | (3) |
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11.4.2 Personalised predicate-only sentences |
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222 | (3) |
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11.5 Negative sentences -- multiple negatives |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (36) |
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12.1 The power of word creation |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (16) |
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12.2.1 Suffixes for professions, doers, athletes |
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229 | (6) |
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12.2.2 Suffixes for ethnicities, city dwellers, regional populations |
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235 | (3) |
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12.2.3 CIJA suffix for adopting foreign words |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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12.2.7 Suffix naming types of meat |
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241 | (1) |
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12.2.8 Suffixes for abstract nouns |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (2) |
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12.2.10 Negative nouns NE- |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (7) |
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12.3.1 Relational adjectives |
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246 | (3) |
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12.3.2 Descriptive adjectives |
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249 | (2) |
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12.3.3 Adjective prefixes pre-, bez-, ne- |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (12) |
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12.4.1 Suffixes that change foreign words into verbs |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (10) |
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Chapter 13 Croatian-Serbian glossary |
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264 | (9) |
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265 | (6) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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13.5 Everyday expressions |
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272 | (1) |
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Chapter 14 Verb conjugation tables |
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273 | (42) |
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273 | (5) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (1) |
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14.2 A conjugation (regular) |
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278 | (2) |
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14.3 I conjugation (regular) |
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280 | (5) |
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14.3.1 I conjugation pattern - ETI-IM |
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281 | (3) |
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14.3.2 I conjugation pattern - ATI-IM |
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284 | (1) |
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14.4 E conjugation patterns |
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285 | (30) |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (2) |
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14.4.2 Pattern - ATI-ANEM |
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290 | (1) |
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14.4.3 Pattern - AVATI-AJEM |
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291 | (2) |
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14.4.4 Pattern - OVATI-UJEM |
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293 | (1) |
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14.4.5 Pattern - IVATI-UJEM |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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a) Umjeti-Umijem = Umeti-Umem |
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295 | (3) |
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b) Donijeti-Donesem = Doneti-Donesem |
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298 | (2) |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (2) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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b) Pattern - STI-DNEM OR-TNEM |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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c) Pattern -CI, -GNEM OR -KNEM |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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315 | (2) |
Index |
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