The adjective takes the gender, number and case of the noun. Here is the usual (“definite”) form:
| case | masculine | neuter | feminine |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | novi grad | novo selo | nova kuća |
| G | novog(a) | nove | |
| D / L | novom(e) | novoj | |
| A | novi (inanimate) / novog (animate) | novo | novu |
| I | novim | novom | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | novi | nove | nova |
| G | novih | ||
| D / I / L | novim(a) | ||
| A | nove | nove | nova |
After a soft consonant, o becomes e: naš → našeg, našem; vrući → vrućeg.
Definite / indefinite: the difference only shows in the masculine singular (N and inanimate A). The short form nov, dobar, lijep introduces something new (“a”), the long form novi, dobri, lijepi points to something known (“the”).
Adjectives in -ski, -čki, -ji (bosanski, njemački, treći) only have the long form. In speech, the long form is spreading everywhere.
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