goniti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goniti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gánīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-éye-ti, from *gʷʰen-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡǒniti/
Hyphenation: go‧ni‧ti

Verb edit

gòniti impf (Cyrillic spelling го̀нити)

(transitive) to chase, pursue
(transitive) to prosecute

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of goniti

Infinitive: goniti		Present verbal adverb: gȍnēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: gȍnjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		gonim	goniš	goni	gonimo	gonite	gone
Future	Future I	gonit ću¹ goniću	gonit ćeš¹ gonićeš	gonit će¹ goniće	gonit ćemo¹ gonićemo	gonit ćete¹ gonićete	gonit će¹ goniće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm gonio²	bȕdēš gonio²	bȕdē gonio²	bȕdēmo gonili²	bȕdēte gonili²	bȕdū gonili²
Past	Perfect	gonio sam²	gonio si²	gonio je²	gonili smo²	gonili ste²	gonili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam gonio²	bȉo si gonio²	bȉo je gonio²	bíli smo gonili²	bíli ste gonili²	bíli su gonili²
	Imperfect	gonjah	gonjaše	gonjaše	gonjasmo	gonjaste	gonjahu
Conditional I		gonio bih²	gonio bi²	gonio bi²	gonili bismo²	gonili biste²	gonili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih gonio²	bȉo bi gonio²	bȉo bi gonio²	bíli bismo gonili²	bíli biste gonili²	bíli bi gonili²
Imperative		—	goni	—	gonimo	gonite	—
Active past participle		gonio m / gonila f / gonilo n			gonili m / gonile f / gonila n
Passive past participle		gonjen m / gonjena f / gonjeno n			gonjeni m / gonjene f / gonjena 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 edit

gónjati impf