doznavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doznǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: do‧zna‧va‧ti

Verb

doznávati impf (Cyrillic spelling дозна́вати, perfective dòznati)

  1. (intransitive) to find out

Conjugation

Conjugation of doznavati
infinitive doznavati
present verbal adverb doznávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun doznávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present doznajem doznaješ doznaje doznajemo doznajete doznaju
future future I doznavat ću1
doznavaću
doznavat ćeš1
doznavaćeš
doznavat će1
doznavaće
doznavat ćemo1
doznavaćemo
doznavat ćete1
doznavaćete
doznavat ćē1
doznavaće
future II bȕdēm doznavao2 bȕdēš doznavao2 bȕdē doznavao2 bȕdēmo doznavali2 bȕdēte doznavali2 bȕdū doznavali2
past perfect doznavao sam2 doznavao si2 doznavao je2 doznavali smo2 doznavali ste2 doznavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam doznavao2 bȉo si doznavao2 bȉo je doznavao2 bíli smo doznavali2 bíli ste doznavali2 bíli su doznavali2
imperfect doznavah doznavaše doznavaše doznavasmo doznavaste doznavahu
conditional conditional I doznavao bih2 doznavao bi2 doznavao bi2 doznavali bismo2 doznavali biste2 doznavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih doznavao2 bȉo bi doznavao2 bȉo bi doznavao2 bíli bismo doznavali2 bíli biste doznavali2 bíli bi doznavali2
imperative doznaj doznajmo doznajte
active past participle doznavao m / doznavala f / doznavalo n doznavali m / doznavale f / doznavala n
passive past participle doznavan m / doznavana f / doznavano n doznavani m / doznavane f / doznavana 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

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