stupati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stǔːpati/
Hyphenation: stu‧pa‧ti

Verb

stúpati impf (Cyrillic spelling сту́пати)

(intransitive) to step
(intransitive) to enter (service, relationship, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stupati

Infinitive: stupati		Present verbal adverb: stúpajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: stúpānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		stupam	stupaš	stupa	stupamo	stupate	stupaju
Future	Future I	stupat ću¹ stupaću	stupat ćeš¹ stupaćeš	stupat će¹ stupaće	stupat ćemo¹ stupaćemo	stupat ćete¹ stupaćete	stupat će¹ stupaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm stupao²	bȕdēš stupao²	bȕdē stupao²	bȕdēmo stupali²	bȕdēte stupali²	bȕdū stupali²
Past	Perfect	stupao sam²	stupao si²	stupao je²	stupali smo²	stupali ste²	stupali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam stupao²	bȉo si stupao²	bȉo je stupao²	bíli smo stupali²	bíli ste stupali²	bíli su stupali²
	Imperfect	stupah	stupaše	stupaše	stupasmo	stupaste	stupahu
Conditional I		stupao bih²	stupao bi²	stupao bi²	stupali bismo²	stupali biste²	stupali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih stupao²	bȉo bi stupao²	bȉo bi stupao²	bíli bismo stupali²	bíli biste stupali²	bíli bi stupali²
Imperative		—	stupaj	—	stupajmo	stupajte	—
Active past participle		stupao m / stupala f / stupalo n			stupali m / stupale f / stupala 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

stúpiti pf