Još o instrumentalu jednine i-vrste
More on the Instrumental Case of Singular i-Type Nouns

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the instrumental case of singular i-type nouns regarding the already existing endings -i and -ju in standard Croatian. It is known that both endings are used in standard Croatian language, although the ending -i has recently been used more frequently than the ending -ju. We were interested in the situation with Old-Štokavian speeches of the Slavonski Brod – Posavina County, since they represent the most archaic Old-Štokavian speeches, which can well present some historical linguistic changes to all linguists, especially to language historians. The material was recorded in eight villages surrounding Slavonski Brod: four villages from the first Ivšić group, three from the fourth, and one from the fifth Ivšić group. The conclusion based on the recordings is that the Old-Štokavian speeches still often use the ending -ju together with the ending -i, and that there is some usage of the ending -om deriving from the a-inflection. There are neither any strict divisions nor rules suggesting the usage of one or the other ending.

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