njega
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *něga.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲêɡa/
- Hyphenation: nje‧ga
Noun
njȅga f (Cyrillic spelling ње̏га)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | njȅga | njege |
| genitive | njege | njega |
| dative | njȅzi | njegama |
| accusative | njegu | njege |
| vocative | njego | njege |
| locative | njȅzi | njegama |
| instrumental | njegom | njegama |
Further reading
- “njega”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲêɡa/
- Hyphenation: nje‧ga
Pronoun
njȅga (Cyrillic spelling ње̏га)
- of him (genitive singular of ȏn (“he”))
- him (accusative singular of ȏn (“he”))
- of it (genitive singular of òno (“it”))
- it (accusative singular of òno (“it”))
Usage notes
Njega is used only after prepositions; otherwise njega is shortened to clitic ga.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ȏn | òna | òno | òni | òne | òna |
| genitive | njȅga, ga | njȇ, je | njȅga, ga | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
| dative | njȅmu, mu | njȏj, joj | njȅmu, mu | njȉma, im | njȉma, im | njȉma, im |
| accusative | njȅga, ga, nj | njȗ, ju, je | njȅga, ga, nj | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| locative | njȅm, njȅmu | njȏj | njȅm, njȅmu | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |
| instrumental | njȋm, njíme | njȏm, njóme | njȋm, njíme | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |