sjetiti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

sȅtiti (Ekavian)
sititi (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sětiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sjêtiti/
Hyphenation: sje‧ti‧ti

Verb

sjȅtiti pf (Cyrillic spelling сје̏тити)

(reflexive, with genitive) to remember
(reflexive) to figure out, think up, come up with
Sjetit ćemo se nečeg. ― We will figure something out.
(transitive, informal, clipping of podsjetiti) to remind
Sjeti me da ti sutra objasnim. ― Remind me to explain it tomorrow.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sjetiti

Infinitive: sjetiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: sjȅtīvši		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		sjetim	sjetiš	sjeti	sjetimo	sjetite	sjete
Future	Future I	sjetit ću¹ sjetiću	sjetit ćeš¹ sjetićeš	sjetit će¹ sjetiće	sjetit ćemo¹ sjetićemo	sjetit ćete¹ sjetićete	sjetit će¹ sjetiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm sjetio²	bȕdēš sjetio²	bȕdē sjetio²	bȕdēmo sjetili²	bȕdēte sjetili²	bȕdū sjetili²
Past	Perfect	sjetio sam²	sjetio si²	sjetio je²	sjetili smo²	sjetili ste²	sjetili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam sjetio²	bȉo si sjetio²	bȉo je sjetio²	bíli smo sjetili²	bíli ste sjetili²	bíli su sjetili²
	Aorist	sjetih	sjeti	sjeti	sjetismo	sjetiste	sjetiše
Conditional I		sjetio bih²	sjetio bi²	sjetio bi²	sjetili bismo²	sjetili biste²	sjetili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih sjetio²	bȉo bi sjetio²	bȉo bi sjetio²	bíli bismo sjetili²	bíli biste sjetili²	bíli bi sjetili²
Imperative		—	sjeti	—	sjetimo	sjetite	—
Active past participle		sjetio m / sjetila f / sjetilo n			sjetili m / sjetile f / sjetila 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

Related terms

sjȅćati impf
(remember): spomenuti pf
(figure out): smisliti pf, skužiti pf, skontati pf