Po intensifies and makes personal the verb action. (Prefix po shortens the stem vowel). Dáti, give; podati, to reach, to hand; psáti, to write; popsati, to cover with writing, to describe; milovati, to love; pomilovati, to caress.
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Review of the Declensions.—Opakování skloňování.
For this purpose the various types of declensions are grouped according to the cases.
The nominative and the Objective (Accusative) case.
MASCULINE DECLENSION.
The nominative case.
| Singular | Plural. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjectives & pronouns | Nouns | Animate | Inanimate | ||
| Dobrý | bratr | dobří | bratři | šumné | lesy |
| starší | strom | starší | synové | starší | stromy |
| můj | meč | moji | holubi | moje | domy |
| náš | stroj | naši | hoši | naše | stroje |
| ten | les | ti | ptáci | ty | lány |
| bratrův | otec | bratrovi | koně | bratrovy | šaty |
Personal pronouns já, ty, on, my, vy oni, ony.
Objective Case.