preostati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ ostati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /preǒstati/
Hyphenation: pre‧o‧sta‧ti

Verb

preòstati pf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀стати)

(intransitive) to remain, be left over

Conjugation

Conjugation of preostati

Infinitive: preostati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: preòstāvši		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		preostanem	preostaneš	preostane	preostanemo	preostanete	preostanu
Future	Future I	preostat ću¹ preostaću	preostat ćeš¹ preostaćeš	preostat će¹ preostaće	preostat ćemo¹ preostaćemo	preostat ćete¹ preostaćete	preostat će¹ preostaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm preostao²	bȕdēš preostao²	bȕdē preostao²	bȕdēmo preostali²	bȕdēte preostali²	bȕdū preostali²
Past	Perfect	preostao sam²	preostao si²	preostao je²	preostali smo²	preostali ste²	preostali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam preostao²	bȉo si preostao²	bȉo je preostao²	bíli smo preostali²	bíli ste preostali²	bíli su preostali²
	Aorist	preostadoh	preostade	preostade	preostadosmo	preostadoste	preostadoše
Conditional I		preostao bih²	preostao bi²	preostao bi²	preostali bismo²	preostali biste²	preostali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih preostao²	bȉo bi preostao²	bȉo bi preostao²	bíli bismo preostali²	bíli biste preostali²	bíli bi preostali²
Imperative		—	preostani	—	preostanimo	preostanite	—
Active past participle		preostao m / preostala f / preostalo n			preostali m / preostale f / preostala 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

preòstajati impf