predstaviti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From pred- +‎ staviti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /prědstaʋiti/
Hyphenation: pred‧sta‧vi‧ti

Verb edit

prèdstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐдставити)

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

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of predstaviti

Infinitive: predstaviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: prèdstavīvši		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		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 će¹ predstaviće
Future	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 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.

Related terms edit

prèdstavljati impf