osnovati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /osnǒʋati/
Hyphenation: o‧sno‧va‧ti

Verb

osnòvati pf (Cyrillic spelling осно̀вати)

(transitive) to found, establish

Conjugation

Conjugation of osnovati

Infinitive: osnovati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: osnòvāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		osnujem	osnuješ	osnuje	osnujemo	osnujete	osnuju
Future	Future I	osnovat ću¹ osnovaću	osnovat ćeš¹ osnovaćeš	osnovat će¹ osnovaće	osnovat ćemo¹ osnovaćemo	osnovat ćete¹ osnovaćete	osnovat će¹ osnovaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm osnovao²	bȕdēš osnovao²	bȕdē osnovao²	bȕdēmo osnovali²	bȕdēte osnovali²	bȕdū osnovali²
Past	Perfect	osnovao sam²	osnovao si²	osnovao je²	osnovali smo²	osnovali ste²	osnovali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam osnovao²	bȉo si osnovao²	bȉo je osnovao²	bíli smo osnovali²	bíli ste osnovali²	bíli su osnovali²
	Aorist	osnovah	osnova	osnova	osnovasmo	osnovaste	osnovaše
Conditional I		osnovao bih²	osnovao bi²	osnovao bi²	osnovali bismo²	osnovali biste²	osnovali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih osnovao²	bȉo bi osnovao²	bȉo bi osnovao²	bíli bismo osnovali²	bíli biste osnovali²	bíli bi osnovali²
Imperative		—	osnuj	—	osnujmo	osnujte	—
Active past participle		osnovao m / osnovala f / osnovalo n			osnovali m / osnovale f / osnovala n
Passive past participle		osnovan m / osnovana f / osnovano n			osnovani m / osnovane f / osnovana 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.

Related terms

osnívati impf