zavidjeti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

závideti (Ekavian)

Etymology edit

za- +‎ vidjeti, calqued after Latin in-vidēre (“to envy”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /zǎːʋidjeti/
Hyphenation: za‧vi‧dje‧ti

Verb edit

závidjeti impf (Cyrillic spelling за́видјети)

(intransitive) to envy (+ dative, na (“on”) + dative)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of zavidjeti

Infinitive: zavidjeti		Present verbal adverb: závidēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: záviđēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zavidim	zavidiš	zavidi	zavidimo	zavidite	zavide
Future	Future I	zavidjet ću¹ zavidjeću	zavidjet ćeš¹ zavidjećeš	zavidjet će¹ zavidjeće	zavidjet ćemo¹ zavidjećemo	zavidjet ćete¹ zavidjećete	zavidjet će¹ zavidjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zavidio²	bȕdēš zavidio²	bȕdē zavidio²	bȕdēmo zavidjeli²	bȕdēte zavidjeli²	bȕdū zavidjeli²
Past	Perfect	zavidio sam²	zavidio si²	zavidio je²	zavidjeli smo²	zavidjeli ste²	zavidjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zavidio²	bȉo si zavidio²	bȉo je zavidio²	bíli smo zavidjeli²	bíli ste zavidjeli²	bíli su zavidjeli²
	Imperfect	zaviđah	zaviđaše	zaviđaše	zaviđasmo	zaviđaste	zaviđahu
Conditional I		zavidio bih²	zavidio bi²	zavidio bi²	zavidjeli bismo²	zavidjeli biste²	zavidjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zavidio²	bȉo bi zavidio²	bȉo bi zavidio²	bíli bismo zavidjeli²	bíli biste zavidjeli²	bíli bi zavidjeli²
Imperative		—	zavidi	—	zavidimo	zavidite	—
Active past participle		zavidio m / zavidjela f / zavidjelo n			zavidjeli m / zavidjele f / zavidjela 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

zavíđati impf