... use the ending -a for the last name of females (like they do in all other slavic languages): e.g. Gorbatcheva, Kournikova, Stefankova, Loungarova, Magomerzuyeva, Yeltsina,...
but: Danijela Danicic (and not Danicina), Lidija Sucic (and not Sucina), Nezira Ramic (and not Ramina) ...
Why???
2006-06-10 04:54:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
FAMILY names!!!
2006-06-10 05:00:55 · update #1
Oh but we do....
not officially of course Danijela Danicic is her name (do not know why we do not "use the ending -a". we never have. I believe it's because of the structure of Serbian language, to change female last names would be considered a sort of pleonasm, since it is obvious from the firs name that Danijala is female.
also when you address (I will use this Danijela name again) with Mrs. or miss. again you use the original last name , again for the same reason.
like gospođa Daničić or gospođica Daničić
BUT....
When you say only the last name and when it is not clear if it is female or not you should use the female versions of their names...
so Daničić will become Daničićka (if she is married to mister Danicic) Daniciceva (if she isa daughter of mister Danicic).
same like other names you have mentioned:
Sucic (Sučić?) Sucicka or Suciceva
Ramic - Ramicka or Ramiceva
note, the forms you have mentioned are incorrect in Serbian language. Danicina is not but that means that it something that a person called Danica - female owns
note also that this way of addressing women was more common earlier in our history. Today, it is still officially correct, but there is a tendency to avoid this forms since they are considered to informal and because of that rude.
2006-06-11 16:28:26 · answer #1 · answered by kamichak 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
They do use the ending a for female names
like lidija edita selma ariana etc
2006-06-10 04:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by Robert B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a convention, derived from the slavic "patronymic" which doesn't change based on gender either. however, the female's last name is NOT declined unlike the male last name. for example:
vidim gorana ivanisevica (male, declines first & last name)
vidim janicu kostelic (female, only declines first name)
2006-06-11 07:26:30 · answer #3 · answered by JP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋