Lesson Eight, Communicative Skills

• Comparing: [noun phrase] je [adjective, comparative] nego [noun phrase, Nominative]/od [noun phrase, Genitive]: Moj automobil je stariji nego tvoj/od tvoga 'My car is older than yours'; Kod nas je isto tako 'It is the same in our country'; Kod nas je drukčije 'It is different than in our country'; [noun phrase] je isto/jednako [adjective, positive] kao [noun phrase, Nominative]: Milan je isto/jednako pametan kao Jovan 'Milan is equally smart as Jovan'; [noun phrase] je više/manje [adjective, positive] nego [noun phrase, Nominative]/od [noun phrase, Genitive]: Marko je manje/više pohlepan nego Ivan/od Ivana 'Marko is less/more greedy than Ivan'.

• Indicating possibility: možda 'maybe'; vjerovatno/vjerojatno 'probably'; sigurno 'certainly'; sigurno 'certainly'.

• Indicating cause and consequence: Ako [verb], onda [verb]: Ako si platio, možeš ići 'If you paid, you can go'; [verb], zato [verb]: Nisam imao vremena, zato nisam došao 'I did not have time and that is why I did not come'.