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The short forms of the adjective нџжный are used to express a need, such as 'I need pencils.' It is used with a Dative form of the person who needs something, and the Nominative form of whatever is needed.
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Caution: Watch out for the stress in this short adjective: нџжен, нужнђ, нџжно, нужнІ.
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Also note the government pattern: the syntax of the sentence Мнљ (Dat.) нужнђ крђсная рџчка (Nom.) is like English 'For me a red pen is needed', but the better translation is 'I need a red pen'.
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Мнљ нужнђ рџчка.
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I need a pen.
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Мнљ нџжно винћ.
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I need wine.
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Мнљ нџжен карандђш.
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I need a pencil.
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Мнљ нужнІ кћльца.
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I need rings.
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Чтћ тебљ нџжно?
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What do you need?
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