uspjeti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

ùspeti (Ekavian)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ǔspjeti/
Hyphenation: us‧pje‧ti

Verb edit

ùspjeti pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀спјети)

(intransitive) to succeed, make good
(intransitive) to manage, pull off, achieve
(intransitive) to pan out, thrive, come through

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of uspjeti

Infinitive: uspjeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ùspjēvši		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		uspijem	uspiješ	uspije	uspijemo	uspijete	uspiju
Future	Future I	uspjet ću¹ uspjeću	uspjet ćeš¹ uspjećeš	uspjet će¹ uspjeće	uspjet ćemo¹ uspjećemo	uspjet ćete¹ uspjećete	uspjet će¹ uspjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm uspio²	bȕdēš uspio²	bȕdē uspio²	bȕdēmo uspjeli²	bȕdēte uspjeli²	bȕdū uspjeli²
Past	Perfect	uspio sam²	uspio si²	uspio je²	uspjeli smo²	uspjeli ste²	uspjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam uspio²	bȉo si uspio²	bȉo je uspio²	bíli smo uspjeli²	bíli ste uspjeli²	bíli su uspjeli²
	Aorist	uspjeh	uspje	uspje	uspjesmo	uspjeste	uspješe
Conditional I		uspio bih²	uspio bi²	uspio bi²	uspjeli bismo²	uspjeli biste²	uspjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih uspio²	bȉo bi uspio²	bȉo bi uspio²	bíli bismo uspjeli²	bíli biste uspjeli²	bíli bi uspjeli²
Imperative		—	uspij	—	uspijmo	uspijte	—
Active past participle		uspio m / uspjela f / uspjelo n			uspjeli m / uspjele f / uspjela 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.

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