узети

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъzęti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǔzeːti/
Hyphenation: у‧зе‧ти

Verb

у̀зе̄ти ? (Latin spelling ùzēti)

(transitive) to take (grasp with the hands)
(transitive) to take (grab and move to oneself)
(transitive) to take (carry, particularly to a particular destination)
(transitive) to take (ingest medicine, drugs, etc. )
(transitive) to take (assume or interpret to be)
(transitive) to take (enroll in a class, or a course of study)
(transitive) to take (to deprive someone of something)
(transitive) to take (someone as an assistant or an apprentice)

Conjugation

Conjugation of узети

Infinitive: узети		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: у̀зе̄вши		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		узмем	узмеш	узме	узмемо	узмете	узму
Future	Future I	узет ћу¹ узећу	узет ћеш¹ узећеш	узет ће¹ узеће	узет ћемо¹ узећемо	узет ћете¹ узећете	узет ће¹ узеће
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м узео²	бу̏де̄ш узео²	бу̏де̄ узео²	бу̏де̄мо узели²	бу̏де̄те узели²	бу̏дӯ узели²
Past	Perfect	узео сам²	узео си²	узео је²	узели смо²	узели сте²	узели су²
	Pluperfect³	би̏о сам узео²	би̏о си узео²	би̏о је узео²	би́ли смо узели²	би́ли сте узели²	би́ли су узели²
	Aorist	узех	узе	узе	узесмо	узесте	узеше
Conditional I		узео бих²	узео би²	узео би²	узели бисмо²	узели бисте²	узели би²
Conditional II⁴		би̏о бих узео²	би̏о би узео²	би̏о би узео²	би́ли бисмо узели²	би́ли бисте узели²	би́ли би узели²
Imperative		—	узми	—	узмимо	узмите	—
Active past participle		узео m / узела f / узело n			узели m / узеле f / узела n
Passive past participle		узет m / узета f / узето n			узети m / узете f / узета 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

у̀зимати impf

References

“узети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024