Building the participle: -о, -ла, -ло…
The rule
Prošlo vreme
The part of the grammar page this lesson drills — read it here, then use it.
Making the participle
Take the infinitive, drop -ти, and add the ending - -о for a male subject, -ла for female, -ло for neuter; see the table below. Nearly every verb you have met so far works this way.
In the plural: -ли for men or a mixed group, -ле for a group of women, -ла for neuter things. A mixed group always takes the masculine -ли, even if only one man is present.
| Subject | Ending | Form |
|---|---|---|
| muški rod | -o | radio |
| ženski rod | -la | radila |
| srednji rod | -lo | radilo |
| muški rod, množina | -li | radili |
| ženski rod, množina | -le | radile |
| srednji rod, množina | -la | radila |