No. 341 in Slovenian
hiše
The word "hiše" in Slovenian means "houses" in English.
In a sentence
V tem mestu je veliko lepih hiš.
In this town, there are many beautiful houses.
Here, 'hiš' is the genitive plural form of 'hiša', as it follows the quantifying term 'veliko' ('many'), which requires the genitive case.
To je streha nove hiše.
This is the roof of the new house.
In this sentence, 'hiše' is the genitive singular form of 'hiša', showing possession (the roof of the house).
Stare hiše imajo veliko zgodovine.
Old houses have a lot of history.
Here, 'hiše' is the nominative plural form of 'hiša', being the subject of the sentence and referring to more than one house.
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