dospevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

dospijévati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

See dòspeti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dospévati impf (Cyrillic spelling доспе́вати)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of dospevati

Infinitive: dospevati		Present verbal adverb: dospévajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: dospévānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		dospevam	dospevaš	dospeva	dospevamo	dospevate	dospevaju
Future	Future I	dospevat ću¹ dospevaću	dospevat ćeš¹ dospevaćeš	dospevat će¹ dospevaće	dospevat ćemo¹ dospevaćemo	dospevat ćete¹ dospevaćete	dospevat će¹ dospevaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm dospevao²	bȕdēš dospevao²	bȕdē dospevao²	bȕdēmo dospevali²	bȕdēte dospevali²	bȕdū dospevali²
Past	Perfect	dospevao sam²	dospevao si²	dospevao je²	dospevali smo²	dospevali ste²	dospevali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam dospevao²	bȉo si dospevao²	bȉo je dospevao²	bíli smo dospevali²	bíli ste dospevali²	bíli su dospevali²
	Imperfect	dospevah	dospevaše	dospevaše	dospevasmo	dospevaste	dospevahu
Conditional I		dospevao bih²	dospevao bi²	dospevao bi²	dospevali bismo²	dospevali biste²	dospevali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih dospevao²	bȉo bi dospevao²	bȉo bi dospevao²	bíli bismo dospevali²	bíli biste dospevali²	bíli bi dospevali²
Imperative		—	dospevaj	—	dospevajmo	dospevajte	—
Active past participle		dospevao m / dospevala f / dospevalo n			dospevali m / dospevale f / dospevala 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

dòspeti pf