štedjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

štédeti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščęděti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃtěːdjeti/
Hyphenation: šte‧dje‧ti

Verb

štédjeti impf (Cyrillic spelling ште́дјети)

(transitive, intransitive) to save (store for future use)
(transitive, intransitive) to save, economize
(transitive) to spare

Conjugation

Conjugation of štedjeti

Infinitive: štedjeti		Present verbal adverb: štédēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: štéđēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		štedim	štediš	štedi	štedimo	štedite	štede
Future	Future I	štedjet ću¹ štedjeću	štedjet ćeš¹ štedjećeš	štedjet će¹ štedjeće	štedjet ćemo¹ štedjećemo	štedjet ćete¹ štedjećete	štedjet će¹ štedjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm štedio²	bȕdēš štedio²	bȕdē štedio²	bȕdēmo štedjeli²	bȕdēte štedjeli²	bȕdū štedjeli²
Past	Perfect	štedio sam²	štedio si²	štedio je²	štedjeli smo²	štedjeli ste²	štedjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam štedio²	bȉo si štedio²	bȉo je štedio²	bíli smo štedjeli²	bíli ste štedjeli²	bíli su štedjeli²
	Imperfect	šteđah	šteđaše	šteđaše	šteđasmo	šteđaste	šteđahu
Conditional I		štedio bih²	štedio bi²	štedio bi²	štedjeli bismo²	štedjeli biste²	štedjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih štedio²	bȉo bi štedio²	bȉo bi štedio²	bíli bismo štedjeli²	bíli biste štedjeli²	bíli bi štedjeli²
Imperative		—	štedi	—	štedimo	štedite	—
Active past participle		štedio m / štedjela f / štedjelo n			štedjeli m / štedjele f / štedjela 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

Related terms

štednja

References

“štedjeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal