bližiti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blǐːʒiti/
Hyphenation: bli‧ži‧ti

Verb

blížiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бли́жити)

(reflexive) to approach, come closer, near

Conjugation

Conjugation of bližiti

Infinitive: bližiti		Present verbal adverb: blížēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: blížēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bližim	bližiš	bliži	bližimo	bližite	bliže
Future	Future I	bližit ću¹ bližiću	bližit ćeš¹ bližićeš	bližit će¹ bližiće	bližit ćemo¹ bližićemo	bližit ćete¹ bližićete	bližit će¹ bližiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bližio²	bȕdēš bližio²	bȕdē bližio²	bȕdēmo bližili²	bȕdēte bližili²	bȕdū bližili²
Past	Perfect	bližio sam²	bližio si²	bližio je²	bližili smo²	bližili ste²	bližili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bližio²	bȉo si bližio²	bȉo je bližio²	bíli smo bližili²	bíli ste bližili²	bíli su bližili²
	Imperfect	bližah	bližaše	bližaše	bližasmo	bližaste	bližahu
Conditional I		bližio bih²	bližio bi²	bližio bi²	bližili bismo²	bližili biste²	bližili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bližio²	bȉo bi bližio²	bȉo bi bližio²	bíli bismo bližili²	bíli biste bližili²	bíli bi bližili²
Imperative		—	bliži	—	bližimo	bližite	—
Active past participle		bližio m / bližila f / bližilo n			bližili m / bližile f / bližila n
Passive past participle		bližen m / bližena f / bliženo n			bliženi m / bližene f / bližena 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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