čuti

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See also: cuti, cutí, and чути

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃûti/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧ti

Verb

čȕti impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ти)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hear
    Čujem vas. ― I hear you.
  2. (reflexive) to hear from
    On i ja se nismo čuli godinama.
    He and I haven't heard from each other in years.
  3. (transitive, regional) to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of čuti
Infinitive: čuti Present verbal adverb: čuvši Past verbal adverb: čȗvši Verbal noun: čùvēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present čujem čuješ čuje čujemo čujete čuju
Future Future I čut ću1
čuću 		čut ćeš1
čućeš 		čut će1
čuće 		čut ćemo1
čućemo 		čut ćete1
čućete 		čut će1
čuće
Future II bȕdēm čuo2 bȕdēš čuo2 bȕdē čuo2 bȕdēmo čuli2 bȕdēte čuli2 bȕdū čuli2
Past Perfect čuo sam2 čuo si2 čuo je2 čuli smo2 čuli ste2 čuli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam čuo2 bȉo si čuo2 bȉo je čuo2 bíli smo čuli2 bíli ste čuli2 bíli su čuli2
Aorist čuh ču ču čusmo čuste čuše
Imperfect čujah čujaše čujaše čujasmo čujaste čujahu
Conditional I čuo bih2 čuo bi2 čuo bi2 čuli bismo2 čuli biste2 čuli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih čuo2 bȉo bi čuo2 bȉo bi čuo2 bíli bismo čuli2 bíli biste čuli2 bíli bi čuli2
Imperative — čuj — čujmo čujte —
Active past participle čuo m / čula f / čulo n čuli m / čule f / čula n
Passive past participle čuven m / čuvena f / čuveno n čuveni m / čuvene f / čuvena 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

See also

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čuti.

Pronunciation

Verb

čúti impf or pf

  1. (transitive, colloquial, archaic) to hear
    Synonym: slíšati

Conjugation

Class I, accentual type IIA (accent is directly before infinitive ending and not directly before present indicative endings), perfective and imperfective
Infinitive čúti (ø-ti)
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) čúti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) čūt, čȕt
Supine čȗt, čȕt pf, čȗt impf
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular čȗł, čȕł čúla čūlo
dual čūla čūli čūli
plural čūli čūle čūla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular čȗt čȗta čȗto
dual čȗta čȗti čȗti
plural čȗti čȗte čȗta
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular čȗvši čȗvša čȗvše
dual čȗvša čȗvši čȗvši
plural čȗvši čȗvše čȗvša
adverbial š-participle čȗvši
True gerund čūtje
Objectified gerund –
Present stem čȗjem (je-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person čȗjem čȗjeva, čȗjema čȗjemo
2nd person čȗješ čȗjeta, čȗjesta čȗjete, čȗjeste
3rd person čȗje čȗjeta, čȗjesta čȗjejo
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person čūj čūjva, čūjma čūjmo
2nd person čūj čūjta čūjte
3rd person čūj čūjta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter , čujọ́ča
singular čujȅč, čujọ̄č, čujȍč čujẹ́ča, čujọ́ča čujẹ́če, čujọ́če
dual čujẹ́ča, čujọ́ča čujẹ́či, čujọ́či čujẹ́či, čujọ́či
plural čujẹ́či, čujọ́či čujẹ́če, čujọ́če čujẹ́ča, čujọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle čujȅč, čujẹ̄č, čujọ̄č
e-participle –

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “čuti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “čuti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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