Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian and Macedonian
Serbo-Croatian to Macedonian
Prepositions
- na
Deciding between if something should be in the accusative or locative after "na" is a problem.
- "The prepositions na, u have locative case for position, accusative case for motion"
So one way of fixing this would be to have a variable for "position/motion" in the transfer and set it to "position" after a noun, and "motion" after a verb. For example:
Šumski požar na hrvatskom otoku adj n pr adj n Forest fire on croatian-LOC island-LOC Idem na hrvatski otok vblex pr adj n I go to croatian-ACC island-ACC
Of course there are a million counter examples, but if we choose randomly we get 50%, adding this we can increase the accuracy a bit. Another thing to do would be to add information regarding the verb being used, e.g. distinguish between a small set of "movement verbs" and others. This could also increase accuracy.
Tenses
Future
The future tense in Serbo-Croatian is analytic formed with the modal hoću ("will"). This verb has clitic forms, which inflect: ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će. Complicating this, the orthography is different between the East and West standards. East has the clitic joined to the verb, however it can also appear detached. West has the clitic only detached.
- Examples
| East | West | Gloss |
|---|---|---|
| čitaću | čitat ću | (I) will read |
| ću čitati | ću čitati | (I) will read |
| videćemo | vidjet ćemo | (We) will see |
| ćemo videti | ćemo vidjeti | (We) will see |
