bdjeti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

bdȅti (Ekavian)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъděti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to (be) awake”), cognate with Czech bdít.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bdjêti/
Hyphenation: bdje‧ti

Verb edit

bdjȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling бдје̏ти)

(intransitive) to watch over, keep vigil (+ nad (“over”) + instrumental)
c(ij)elu noć je majka bd(j)ela nad d(j)etetom ― the mother was watching over the child the whole night

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of bdjeti

Infinitive: bdjeti		Present verbal adverb: bdȇći/bdȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bdjénje/bdȉjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bdijem / bdim	bdiješ / bdiš	bdije / bdi	bdijemo / bdimo	bdijete / bdite	bdiju / bde
Future	Future I	bdjet ću¹ bdjeću	bdjet ćeš¹ bdjećeš	bdjet će¹ bdjeće	bdjet ćemo¹ bdjećemo	bdjet ćete¹ bdjećete	bdjet će¹ bdjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bdio²	bȕdēš bdio²	bȕdē bdio²	bȕdēmo bdjeli²	bȕdēte bdjeli²	bȕdū bdjeli²
Past	Perfect	bdio sam²	bdio si²	bdio je²	bdjeli smo²	bdjeli ste²	bdjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bdio²	bȉo si bdio²	bȉo je bdio²	bíli smo bdjeli²	bíli ste bdjeli²	bíli su bdjeli²
	Imperfect	bdijah / bđah	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijasmo / bđasmo	bdijaste / bđaste	bdijahu / bđahu
Conditional I		bdio bih²	bdio bi²	bdio bi²	bdjeli bismo²	bdjeli biste²	bdjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bdio²	bȉo bi bdio²	bȉo bi bdio²	bíli bismo bdjeli²	bíli biste bdjeli²	bíli bi bdjeli²
Imperative		—	bdij / bdi	—	bdijmo / bdimo	bdijte / bdite	—
Active past participle		bdio m / bdjela f / bdjelo n			bdjeli m / bdjele f / bdjela 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 edit

pròbdjeti

References edit

“bdjeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal