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In Serbo-Croatian, the pluperfect ("pluskvamperfekt") is constructed with the past tense ("perfekt") of the verb to be ("biti") plus the adjective form of the main verb. Alternatively, it can be formed by using the imperfect ("imperfekt") of "biti" with the past participle of the main verb.
Serbo-Croatian is a South Slavic language that, like most other Slavic languages, has an extensive system of inflection.This article describes exclusively the grammar of the Shtokavian dialect, which is a part of the South Slavic dialect continuum [1] and the basis for the Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian standard variants of Serbo-Croatian. [2] "
In almost [clarification needed] all modern Slavic languages, only one type of aspectual opposition governs verbs, verb phrases and verb-related structures, manifesting in two grammatical aspects: perfective and imperfective (in contrast with English verb grammar, which conveys several aspectual oppositions: perfect vs. neutral; progressive vs. nonprogressive; and in the past tense, habitual ...
However, in Western South Slavic languages it has become, along with the imperfect and pluperfect, largely obsolete in daily parlance and mostly superseded by the perfect and circumlocution. The aorist is part of the standardized varieties of Serbo-Croatian but is no longer part of standard Slovene. In both languages, the aorist appears mostly ...
List of longest Croatian words contains some of the longest words in Croatian. This list does not include words for large numbers. This list does not include words for large numbers. One of the longer words in Croatian is prijestolonasljednica which means 'a female throne successor'.
Serbo-Croatian (/ ˌ s ɜːr b oʊ k r oʊ ˈ eɪ ʃ ən / ⓘ SUR-boh-kroh-AY-shən) [10] [11] – also called Serbo-Croat (/ ˌ s ɜːr b oʊ ˈ k r oʊ æ t / SUR-boh-KROH-at), [10] [11] Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), [12] Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), [13] and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) [14] – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia ...
(Grammar of Serbo-Croatian) First use of the term "Serbo—Croatian" in a title of a grammar book. 1869 Paul Pierre Abrege de grammaire francaise—croate et de dictionnaire francais—croate Summary of French-Croatian Grammar and French-Croatian Dictionary: Published in Zagreb. 1871 Adolfo Veber Tkalčević Slovnica hervatska za srednja učilišta
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Serbo-Croatian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Serbo-Croatian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.