dospeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

dòspjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

do- + ùspeh, ùspeti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dǒspeti/
Hyphenation: do‧spe‧ti

Verb

dòspeti pf (Cyrillic spelling до̀спети)

(intransitive) to arrive, reach, get to (+ preposition + locative)
(intransitive) to manage, succeed

Conjugation

Conjugation of dospeti

Infinitive: dospeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: dòspēvši		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		dospem	dospeš	dospe	dospemo	dospete	dospeju
Future	Future I	dospet ću¹ dospeću	dospet ćeš¹ dospećeš	dospet će¹ dospeće	dospet ćemo¹ dospećemo	dospet ćete¹ dospećete	dospet će¹ dospeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm dospeo²	bȕdēš dospeo²	bȕdē dospeo²	bȕdēmo dospeli²	bȕdēte dospeli²	bȕdū dospeli²
Past	Perfect	dospeo sam²	dospeo si²	dospeo je²	dospeli smo²	dospeli ste²	dospeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam dospeo²	bȉo si dospeo²	bȉo je dospeo²	bíli smo dospeli²	bíli ste dospeli²	bíli su dospeli²
	Aorist	dospeh	dospe	dospe	dospesmo	dospeste	dospeše
Conditional I		dospeo bih²	dospeo bi²	dospeo bi²	dospeli bismo²	dospeli biste²	dospeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih dospeo²	bȉo bi dospeo²	bȉo bi dospeo²	bíli bismo dospeli²	bíli biste dospeli²	bíli bi dospeli²
Imperative		—	dospij	—	dospijmo	dospijte	—
Active past participle		dospeo m / dospela f / dospelo n			dospeli m / dospele f / dospela 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

dospévati impf