upotrebiti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

upotrijébiti (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /upotrěːbiti/
Hyphenation: u‧po‧tre‧bi‧ti

Verb edit

upotrébiti pf (Cyrillic spelling употре́бити)

(transitive) to use, utilize

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of upotrebiti

Infinitive: upotrebiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: upotrébīvši		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		upotrebim	upotrebiš	upotrebi	upotrebimo	upotrebite	upotrebe
Future	Future I	upotrebit ću¹ upotrebiću	upotrebit ćeš¹ upotrebićeš	upotrebit će¹ upotrebiće	upotrebit ćemo¹ upotrebićemo	upotrebit ćete¹ upotrebićete	upotrebit će¹ upotrebiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm upotrebio²	bȕdēš upotrebio²	bȕdē upotrebio²	bȕdēmo upotrebili²	bȕdēte upotrebili²	bȕdū upotrebili²
Past	Perfect	upotrebio sam²	upotrebio si²	upotrebio je²	upotrebili smo²	upotrebili ste²	upotrebili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam upotrebio²	bȉo si upotrebio²	bȉo je upotrebio²	bíli smo upotrebili²	bíli ste upotrebili²	bíli su upotrebili²
	Aorist	upotrebih	upotrebi	upotrebi	upotrebismo	upotrebiste	upotrebiše
Conditional I		upotrebio bih²	upotrebio bi²	upotrebio bi²	upotrebili bismo²	upotrebili biste²	upotrebili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih upotrebio²	bȉo bi upotrebio²	bȉo bi upotrebio²	bíli bismo upotrebili²	bíli biste upotrebili²	bíli bi upotrebili²
Imperative		—	upotrebi	—	upotrebimo	upotrebite	—
Active past participle		upotrebio m / upotrebila f / upotrebilo n			upotrebili m / upotrebile f / upotrebila n
Passive past participle		upotrebljen m / upotrebljena f / upotrebljeno n			upotrebljeni m / upotrebljene f / upotrebljena 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 edit

upotrebljávati impf