сретати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъrětati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /srêtati/
  • Hyphenation: сре‧та‧ти

Verb

сре̏тати impf (Latin spelling srȅtati)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to encounter, meet

Conjugation

Conjugation of сретати
infinitive сретати
present verbal adverb сре̏ћӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun сре̏та̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present срећем срећеш среће срећемо срећете срећу
future future I сретат ћу1
сретаћу
сретат ћеш1
сретаћеш
сретат ће1
сретаће
сретат ћемо1
сретаћемо
сретат ћете1
сретаћете
сретат ћē1
сретаће
future II бу̏де̄м сретао2 бу̏де̄ш сретао2 бу̏де̄ сретао2 бу̏де̄мо сретали2 бу̏де̄те сретали2 бу̏дӯ сретали2
past perfect сретао сам2 сретао си2 сретао је2 сретали смо2 сретали сте2 сретали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам сретао2 би̏о си сретао2 би̏о је сретао2 би́ли смо сретали2 би́ли сте сретали2 би́ли су сретали2
imperfect сретах среташе среташе сретасмо сретасте сретаху
conditional conditional I сретао бих2 сретао би2 сретао би2 сретали бисмо2 сретали бисте2 сретали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих сретао2 би̏о би сретао2 би̏о би сретао2 би́ли бисмо сретали2 би́ли бисте сретали2 би́ли би сретали2
imperative срећи срећимо срећите
active past participle сретао m / сретала f / сретало n сретали m / сретале f / сретала n
passive past participle сретан m / сретана f / сретано n сретани m / сретане f / сретана 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.

Further reading

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