stjecati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

sticati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stjêt͡sati/
Hyphenation: stje‧ca‧ti

Verb

stjȅcati impf (Cyrillic spelling стје̏цати)

(transitive, Ijekavian) to acquire, get, gain, obtain
(transitive, Ijekavian) to earn (obtain my means of one's work)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stjecati

Infinitive: stjecati		Present verbal adverb: stjȅčūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: stjȅcānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		stječem	stječeš	stječe	stječemo	stječete	stječu
Future	Future I	stjecat ću¹ stjecaću	stjecat ćeš¹ stjecaćeš	stjecat će¹ stjecaće	stjecat ćemo¹ stjecaćemo	stjecat ćete¹ stjecaćete	stjecat će¹ stjecaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm stjecao²	bȕdēš stjecao²	bȕdē stjecao²	bȕdēmo stjecali²	bȕdēte stjecali²	bȕdū stjecali²
Past	Perfect	stjecao sam²	stjecao si²	stjecao je²	stjecali smo²	stjecali ste²	stjecali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam stjecao²	bȉo si stjecao²	bȉo je stjecao²	bíli smo stjecali²	bíli ste stjecali²	bíli su stjecali²
	Imperfect	stjecah	stjecaše	stjecaše	stjecasmo	stjecaste	stjecahu
Conditional I		stjecao bih²	stjecao bi²	stjecao bi²	stjecali bismo²	stjecali biste²	stjecali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih stjecao²	bȉo bi stjecao²	bȉo bi stjecao²	bíli bismo stjecali²	bíli biste stjecali²	bíli bi stjecali²
Imperative		—	stječi	—	stječimo	stječite	—
Active past participle		stjecao m / stjecala f / stjecalo n			stjecali m / stjecale f / stjecala n
Passive past participle		stjecan m / stjecana f / stjecano n			stjecani m / stjecane f / stjecana 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

stȅći pf