osnivati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /osnǐːʋati/
Hyphenation: o‧sni‧va‧ti

Verb

osnívati impf (Cyrillic spelling осни́вати)

(transitive) to found, establish

Conjugation

Conjugation of osnivati

Infinitive: osnivati		Present verbal adverb: osnívajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: osnívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		osnivam	osnivaš	osniva	osnivamo	osnivate	osnivaju
Future	Future I	osnivat ću¹ osnivaću	osnivat ćeš¹ osnivaćeš	osnivat će¹ osnivaće	osnivat ćemo¹ osnivaćemo	osnivat ćete¹ osnivaćete	osnivat će¹ osnivaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm osnivao²	bȕdēš osnivao²	bȕdē osnivao²	bȕdēmo osnivali²	bȕdēte osnivali²	bȕdū osnivali²
Past	Perfect	osnivao sam²	osnivao si²	osnivao je²	osnivali smo²	osnivali ste²	osnivali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam osnivao²	bȉo si osnivao²	bȉo je osnivao²	bíli smo osnivali²	bíli ste osnivali²	bíli su osnivali²
	Imperfect	osnivah	osnivaše	osnivaše	osnivasmo	osnivaste	osnivahu
Conditional I		osnivao bih²	osnivao bi²	osnivao bi²	osnivali bismo²	osnivali biste²	osnivali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih osnivao²	bȉo bi osnivao²	bȉo bi osnivao²	bíli bismo osnivali²	bíli biste osnivali²	bíli bi osnivali²
Imperative		—	osnivaj	—	osnivajmo	osnivajte	—
Active past participle		osnivao m / osnivala f / osnivalo n			osnivali m / osnivale f / osnivala n
Passive past participle		osnivan m / osnivana f / osnivano n			osnivani m / osnivane f / osnivana 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

osnòvati pf