čuditi

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuditi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃûditi/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧di‧ti

Verb

čȕditi impf (Cyrillic spelling чу̏дити)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to surprise, to amaze, astonish
    Njezin usp(j)eh me ne čudi. ― Her success does not surprise me.
    (subordinate clause) Čudi me što ne reagira gradska uprava. ― It surprises me that the city government does not react.
    (reflexive, dative) Čudim se tvojemu pitanju. ― I am surprised by your question.
    (reflexive, subordinate clause) Čudila sam se da još to nije shvatio. ― I was surprised that he did not understand it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of čuditi
Infinitive: čuditi Present verbal adverb: čȕdēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: čȕđēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present čudim čudiš čudi čudimo čudite čude
Future Future I čudit ću1
čudiću 		čudit ćeš1
čudićeš 		čudit će1
čudiće 		čudit ćemo1
čudićemo 		čudit ćete1
čudićete 		čudit će1
čudiće
Future II bȕdēm čudio2 bȕdēš čudio2 bȕdē čudio2 bȕdēmo čudili2 bȕdēte čudili2 bȕdū čudili2
Past Perfect čudio sam2 čudio si2 čudio je2 čudili smo2 čudili ste2 čudili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam čudio2 bȉo si čudio2 bȉo je čudio2 bíli smo čudili2 bíli ste čudili2 bíli su čudili2
Imperfect čuđah čuđaše čuđaše čuđasmo čuđaste čuđahu
Conditional I čudio bih2 čudio bi2 čudio bi2 čudili bismo2 čudili biste2 čudili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih čudio2 bȉo bi čudio2 bȉo bi čudio2 bíli bismo čudili2 bíli biste čudili2 bíli bi čudili2
Imperative — čudi — čudimo čudite —
Active past participle čudio m / čudila f / čudilo n čudili m / čudile f / čudila 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.

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