Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose knee it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Колљни Пљти бІли в ссђдинах. Petya's knees were scratched up.
Колљни егћ дрожђли. His knees shook.
NB When the word колљно functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction колљно у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Колљни у негћ дрожђли. His knees shook.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of ногђ
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of ногђ
лљвое/прђвое колљно the left/right knee
Лљвое колљно у негћ бІло в ссђдинах. His left knee was scratched up.
тћ колљно, котћрое бІло мнљ вќдно the knee I could see
колљно лљвой ногќ the knee on the left leg
колљно на лљвой ногљ the knee on the left leg