svedočiti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

svjedòčiti (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʋedǒt͡ʃiti/
Hyphenation: sve‧do‧či‧ti

Verb

svedòčiti impf (Cyrillic spelling сведо̀чити)

(intransitive) to witness, testify
(intransitive) to bear witness to, give evidence, prove

Conjugation

Conjugation of svedočiti

Infinitive: svedočiti		Present verbal adverb: svedòčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: svedòčēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		svedočim	svedočiš	svedoči	svedočimo	svedočite	svedoče
Future	Future I	svedočit ću¹ svedočiću	svedočit ćeš¹ svedočićeš	svedočit će¹ svedočiće	svedočit ćemo¹ svedočićemo	svedočit ćete¹ svedočićete	svedočit će¹ svedočiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm svedočio²	bȕdēš svedočio²	bȕdē svedočio²	bȕdēmo svedočili²	bȕdēte svedočili²	bȕdū svedočili²
Past	Perfect	svedočio sam²	svedočio si²	svedočio je²	svedočili smo²	svedočili ste²	svedočili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam svedočio²	bȉo si svedočio²	bȉo je svedočio²	bíli smo svedočili²	bíli ste svedočili²	bíli su svedočili²
	Imperfect	svedočah	svedočaše	svedočaše	svedočasmo	svedočaste	svedočahu
Conditional I		svedočio bih²	svedočio bi²	svedočio bi²	svedočili bismo²	svedočili biste²	svedočili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih svedočio²	bȉo bi svedočio²	bȉo bi svedočio²	bíli bismo svedočili²	bíli biste svedočili²	bíli bi svedočili²
Imperative		—	svedoči	—	svedočimo	svedočite	—
Active past participle		svedočio m / svedočila f / svedočilo n			svedočili m / svedočile f / svedočila n
Passive past participle		svedočen m / svedočena f / svedočeno n			svedočeni m / svedočene f / svedočena 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

svèdok