moći

See also: moci, moči, Moci, and mòcì

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Alongside ht(j)eti, this is one of the only two Serbo-Croatian verbs to have a 1st person singular form ending in -u; "ja mogu" instead of *ja možem. This u-form is more common in other Slavic languages, such as Polish -ę, Russian -у (-u)), derived from Proto-Slavic *-ǫ. As a consequence, the 3rd person plural and 1st person singular share the same form mogu.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /môt͡ɕi/
Hyphenation: mo‧ći

Verb edit

mȍći impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ћи)

(intransitive) can, to be able to
(intransitive) may, might

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of moći

Infinitive: moći		Present verbal adverb: mȍgūći		Past verbal adverb: mȍgāvši		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		mogu (impf.) mognem (pf.)	možeš (impf.) mogneš (pf.)	može (impf.) mogne (pf.)	možemo (impf.) mognemo (pf.)	možete (impf.) mognete (pf.)	mogu (impf.) mognu (pf.)
Future	Future I	moći ću	moći ćeš	moći će	moći ćemo	moći ćete	moći će
Future	Future II	bȕdēm mogao²	bȕdēš mogao²	bȕdē mogao²	bȕdēmo mogli²	bȕdēte mogli²	bȕdū mogli²
Past	Perfect	mogao sam²	mogao si²	mogao je²	mogli smo²	mogli ste²	mogli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam mogao²	bȉo si mogao²	bȉo je mogao²	bíli smo mogli²	bíli ste mogli²	bíli su mogli²
	Aorist	mogoh	može	može	mogosmo	mogoste	mogoše
	Imperfect	mogah	mogaše	mogaše	mogasmo	mogaste	mogahu
Conditional I		mogao bih²	mogao bi²	mogao bi²	mogli bismo²	mogli biste²	mogli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih mogao²	bȉo bi mogao²	bȉo bi mogao²	bíli bismo mogli²	bíli biste mogli²	bíli bi mogli²
Imperative		—	mozi / mogni	—	mozimo / mognimo	mozite / mognite	—
Active past participle		mogao m / mogla f / moglo n			mogli m / mogle f / mogla n
Passive past participle		moguć m / moguća f / moguće n			mogući m / moguće f / moguća 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.

moći

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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