predstaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pred- +‎ staviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prětstaʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: pred‧sta‧vi‧ti

Verb

prèdstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐдставити)

  1. (transitive) to present, portray, describe (thing, situation etc.)
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to introduce, present (person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of predstaviti
infinitive predstaviti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb prèdstavīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present predstavim predstaviš predstavi predstavimo predstavite predstave
future future I predstavit ću1
predstaviću
predstavit ćeš1
predstavićeš
predstavit će1
predstaviće
predstavit ćemo1
predstavićemo
predstavit ćete1
predstavićete
predstavit ćē1
predstaviće
future II bȕdēm predstavio2 bȕdēš predstavio2 bȕdē predstavio2 bȕdēmo predstavili2 bȕdēte predstavili2 bȕdū predstavili2
past perfect predstavio sam2 predstavio si2 predstavio je2 predstavili smo2 predstavili ste2 predstavili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam predstavio2 bȉo si predstavio2 bȉo je predstavio2 bíli smo predstavili2 bíli ste predstavili2 bíli su predstavili2
aorist predstavih predstavi predstavi predstavismo predstaviste predstaviše
conditional conditional I predstavio bih2 predstavio bi2 predstavio bi2 predstavili bismo2 predstavili biste2 predstavili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih predstavio2 bȉo bi predstavio2 bȉo bi predstavio2 bíli bismo predstavili2 bíli biste predstavili2 bíli bi predstavili2
imperative predstavi predstavimo predstavite
active past participle predstavio m / predstavila f / predstavilo n predstavili m / predstavile f / predstavila n
passive past participle predstavljen m / predstavljena f / predstavljeno n predstavljeni m / predstavljene f / predstavljena 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.