posvetiti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posʋěːtiti/
Hyphenation: po‧sve‧ti‧ti

Verb

posvétiti ? (Cyrillic spelling посве́тити)

(intransitive, with dative) to dedicate
(intransitive, with dative) to write dedication
(reflexive, with dative) to devote oneself to sth
(transitive) to consecrate, sanctify

Conjugation

Conjugation of posvetiti

Infinitive: posvetiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: posvétīvši		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		posvetim	posvetiš	posveti	posvetimo	posvetite	posvete
Future	Future I	posvetit ću¹ posvetiću	posvetit ćeš¹ posvetićeš	posvetit će¹ posvetiće	posvetit ćemo¹ posvetićemo	posvetit ćete¹ posvetićete	posvetit će¹ posvetiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm posvetio²	bȕdēš posvetio²	bȕdē posvetio²	bȕdēmo posvetili²	bȕdēte posvetili²	bȕdū posvetili²
Past	Perfect	posvetio sam²	posvetio si²	posvetio je²	posvetili smo²	posvetili ste²	posvetili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam posvetio²	bȉo si posvetio²	bȉo je posvetio²	bíli smo posvetili²	bíli ste posvetili²	bíli su posvetili²
	Aorist	posvetih	posveti	posveti	posvetismo	posvetiste	posvetiše
Conditional I		posvetio bih²	posvetio bi²	posvetio bi²	posvetili bismo²	posvetili biste²	posvetili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih posvetio²	bȉo bi posvetio²	bȉo bi posvetio²	bíli bismo posvetili²	bíli biste posvetili²	bíli bi posvetili²
Imperative		—	posveti	—	posvetimo	posvetite	—
Active past participle		posvetio m / posvetila f / posvetilo n			posvetili m / posvetile f / posvetila n
Passive past participle		posvećen m / posvećena f / posvećeno n			posvećeni m / posvećene f / posvećena 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

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