срести

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъrěsti, *sъresti, cognate with Bulgarian срещам (sreštam), Russian встречать (vstrečatʹ). Compare сре̏ћа (luck, fortune).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /srêsti/
  • Hyphenation: срес‧ти

Verb

сре̏сти pf (Latin spelling srȅsti)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to encounter, meet

Conjugation

Conjugation of срести
infinitive срести
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb сре̑вши
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present сретнем сретнеш сретне сретнемо сретнете сретну
future future I срест ću1
срешću
срест ćeš1
срешćeš
срест će1
срешće
срест ćemo1
срешćemo
срест ćete1
срешćete
срест ćē1
срешće
future II bȕdēm срео2 bȕdēš срео2 bȕdē срео2 bȕdēmo срели2 bȕdēte срели2 bȕdū срели2
past perfect срео sam2 срео si2 срео je2 срели smo2 срели ste2 срели su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam срео2 bȉo si срео2 bȉo je срео2 bíli smo срели2 bíli ste срели2 bíli su срели2
aorist сретох срете срете сретосмо сретосте сретоше
conditional conditional I срео bih2 срео bi2 срео bi2 срели bismo2 срели biste2 срели bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih срео2 bȉo bi срео2 bȉo bi срео2 bíli bismo срели2 bíli biste срели2 bíli bi срели2
imperative сретни сретнимо сретните
active past participle срео m / срела f / срело n срели m / среле f / срела n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • срести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025