posustati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ sustati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posǔstati/
Hyphenation: po‧su‧sta‧ti

Verb

posùstati pf (Cyrillic spelling посу̀стати)

(intransitive) to grow tired, become exhausted
(intransitive) to fall behind, lag

Conjugation

Conjugation of posustati

Infinitive: posustati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: posùstāvši		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		posustanem	posustaneš	posustane	posustanemo	posustanete	posustanu
Future	Future I	posustat ću¹ posustaću	posustat ćeš¹ posustaćeš	posustat će¹ posustaće	posustat ćemo¹ posustaćemo	posustat ćete¹ posustaćete	posustat će¹ posustaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm posustao²	bȕdēš posustao²	bȕdē posustao²	bȕdēmo posustali²	bȕdēte posustali²	bȕdū posustali²
Past	Perfect	posustao sam²	posustao si²	posustao je²	posustali smo²	posustali ste²	posustali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam posustao²	bȉo si posustao²	bȉo je posustao²	bíli smo posustali²	bíli ste posustali²	bíli su posustali²
	Aorist	posustadoh	posustade	posustade	posustadosmo	posustadoste	posustadoše
Conditional I		posustao bih²	posustao bi²	posustao bi²	posustali bismo²	posustali biste²	posustali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih posustao²	bȉo bi posustao²	bȉo bi posustao²	bíli bismo posustali²	bíli biste posustali²	bíli bi posustali²
Imperative		—	posustani	—	posustanimo	posustanite	—
Active past participle		posustao m / posustala f / posustalo n			posustali m / posustale f / posustala 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

posùstajati impf