гостити

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǒstiti/
  • Hyphenation: гос‧ти‧ти

Verb

го̀стити impf (Latin spelling gòstiti)

  1. (transitive) to treat, entertain, regale (as a guest)
  2. (reflexive) to feast, be a guest, banquet

Conjugation

Conjugation of гостити
Infinitive: гостити Present verbal adverb: го̀сте̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: го̀шће̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present гостим гостиш гости гостимо гостите госте
Future Future I гостит ћу1
гостићу 		гостит ћеш1
гостићеш 		гостит ће1
гостиће 		гостит ћемо1
гостићемо 		гостит ћете1
гостићете 		гостит ће1
гостиће
Future II бу̏де̄м гостио2 бу̏де̄ш гостио2 бу̏де̄ гостио2 бу̏де̄мо гостили2 бу̏де̄те гостили2 бу̏дӯ гостили2
Past Perfect гостио сам2 гостио си2 гостио је2 гостили смо2 гостили сте2 гостили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам гостио2 би̏о си гостио2 би̏о је гостио2 би́ли смо гостили2 би́ли сте гостили2 би́ли су гостили2
Imperfect гошћах гошћаше гошћаше гошћасмо гошћасте гошћаху
Conditional I гостио бих2 гостио би2 гостио би2 гостили бисмо2 гостили бисте2 гостили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих гостио2 би̏о би гостио2 би̏о би гостио2 би́ли бисмо гостили2 би́ли бисте гостили2 би́ли би гостили2
Imperative — гости — гостимо гостите —
Active past participle гостио m / гостила f / гостило n гостили m / гостиле f / гостила n
Passive past participle гошћен m / гошћена f / гошћено n гошћени m / гошћене f / гошћена 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

Further reading

  • “гостити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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