kakav
Appearance
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kakovъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kàkāv (Cyrillic spelling ка̀ка̄в, definite kàkvī)
- (interrogative) what kind of
- Kakvi ti se filmovi sviđaju? ― What kind of movies do you like?
- (interrogative) any (kind of)
- Ima li kakvih novosti? ― Are there any news?
- (comparison, used with onakav) the kind, the type, the one like
- Htio bih kupiti auto kakav ima moj brat. ― I would like to buy the type of car my brother has.
- (intensifier) what (a)
- Kakav muškarac! ― What a man!
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- Kakav otac takav sin. ― Like father like son.
- Kakav sam takav sam. ― I am who I am.
Declension
[edit]indefinite forms
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | kakav | kakva | kakvo | |
genitive | kakva | kakve | kakva | |
dative | kakvu | kakvoj | kakvu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
kakav kakva |
kakvu | kakvo |
vocative | kakav | kakva | kakvo | |
locative | kakvu | kakvoj | kakvu | |
instrumental | kakvim | kakvom | kakvim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | kakvi | kakve | kakva | |
genitive | kakvih | kakvih | kakvih | |
dative | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | |
accusative | kakve | kakve | kakva | |
vocative | kakvi | kakve | kakva | |
locative | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | |
instrumental | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) |
definite forms
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | kakvi | kakva | kakvo | |
genitive | kakvog(a) | kakve | kakvog(a) | |
dative | kakvom(u/e) | kakvoj | kakvom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
kakvi kakvog(a) |
kakvu | kakvo |
vocative | kakvi | kakva | kakvo | |
locative | kakvom(e/u) | kakvoj | kakvom(e/u) | |
instrumental | kakvim | kakvom | kakvim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | kakvi | kakve | kakva | |
genitive | kakvih | kakvih | kakvih | |
dative | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | |
accusative | kakve | kakve | kakva | |
vocative | kakvi | kakve | kakva | |
locative | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | |
instrumental | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) | kakvim(a) |
References
[edit]- “kakav”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024