nizati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nizati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nǐːzati/
Hyphenation: ni‧za‧ti

Verb

nízati impf (Cyrillic spelling ни́зати)

(transitive) to string
(reflexive) to follow in succession

Conjugation

Conjugation of nizati

Infinitive: nizati		Present verbal adverb: nížūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: nízānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		nižem	nižeš	niže	nižemo	nižete	nižu
Future	Future I	nizat ću¹ nizaću	nizat ćeš¹ nizaćeš	nizat će¹ nizaće	nizat ćemo¹ nizaćemo	nizat ćete¹ nizaćete	nizat će¹ nizaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm nizao²	bȕdēš nizao²	bȕdē nizao²	bȕdēmo nizali²	bȕdēte nizali²	bȕdū nizali²
Past	Perfect	nizao sam²	nizao si²	nizao je²	nizali smo²	nizali ste²	nizali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam nizao²	bȉo si nizao²	bȉo je nizao²	bíli smo nizali²	bíli ste nizali²	bíli su nizali²
	Imperfect	nizah	nizaše	nizaše	nizasmo	nizaste	nizahu
Conditional I		nizao bih²	nizao bi²	nizao bi²	nizali bismo²	nizali biste²	nizali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih nizao²	bȉo bi nizao²	bȉo bi nizao²	bíli bismo nizali²	bíli biste nizali²	bíli bi nizali²
Imperative		—	niži	—	nižimo	nižite	—
Active past participle		nizao m / nizala f / nizalo n			nizali m / nizale f / nizala n
Passive past participle		nizan m / nizana f / nizano n			nizani m / nizane f / nizana 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.

Derived terms

nanízati