stareti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

stȁrjeti (Ijekavian)
stȁriti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stâreti/
Hyphenation: sta‧re‧ti

Verb

stȁreti impf (Cyrillic spelling ста̏рети)

(intransitive) to grow old, age

Conjugation

Conjugation of stareti

Infinitive: stareti		Present verbal adverb: stȁrēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: stȁrēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		starim	stariš	stari	starimo	starite	stare
Future	Future I	staret ću¹ stareću	staret ćeš¹ starećeš	staret će¹ stareće	staret ćemo¹ starećemo	staret ćete¹ starećete	staret će¹ stareće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm stareo²	bȕdēš stareo²	bȕdē stareo²	bȕdēmo stareli²	bȕdēte stareli²	bȕdū stareli²
Past	Perfect	stareo sam²	stareo si²	stareo je²	stareli smo²	stareli ste²	stareli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam stareo²	bȉo si stareo²	bȉo je stareo²	bíli smo stareli²	bíli ste stareli²	bíli su stareli²
	Imperfect	starah	staraše	staraše	starasmo	staraste	starahu
Conditional I		stareo bih²	stareo bi²	stareo bi²	stareli bismo²	stareli biste²	stareli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih stareo²	bȉo bi stareo²	bȉo bi stareo²	bíli bismo stareli²	bíli biste stareli²	bíli bi stareli²
Imperative		—	stari	—	starimo	starite	—
Active past participle		stareo m / starela f / starelo n			stareli m / starele f / starela 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.