постизати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From по- +‎ стизати.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒstizati/
  • Hyphenation: по‧сти‧за‧ти

Verb

по̀стизати impf (Latin spelling pòstizati)

  1. (transitive) to achieve, accomplish (success or goal with a certain amount of effort)
    по̀стизати до̏гово̄р ― to come to an agreement, to reach an agreement
    по̀стизати у̀спјех ― to succeed, to notch
    по̀стизати по̀годак ― to score a goal
  2. (transitive) to acquire, attain, reach (a level of development, size, speed etc.)
    по̀стизати на̏дмоћно̄ст ― to gain the upper hand
    по̀стизати брзѝну ― to develop speed (of a vehicle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of постизати
Infinitive: постизати Present verbal adverb: по̀стижӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: по̀стиза̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present постижем постижеш постиже постижемо постижете {{{pr.3p}}}
Future Future I постизат ћу1
постизаћу 		постизат ћеш1
постизаћеш 		постизат ће1
постизаће 		постизат ћемо1
постизаћемо 		постизат ћете1
постизаћете 		постизат ће1
постизаће
Future II бу̏де̄м постизао2 бу̏де̄ш постизао2 бу̏де̄ постизао2 бу̏де̄мо постизали2 бу̏де̄те постизали2 бу̏дӯ постизали2
Past Perfect постизао сам2 постизао си2 постизао је2 постизали смо2 постизали сте2 постизали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам постизао2 би̏о си постизао2 би̏о је постизао2 би́ли смо постизали2 би́ли сте постизали2 би́ли су постизали2
Imperfect постизах постизаше постизаше постизасмо постизасте постизаху
Conditional I постизао бих2 постизао би2 постизао би2 постизали бисмо2 постизали бисте2 постизали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих постизао2 би̏о би постизао2 би̏о би постизао2 би́ли бисмо постизали2 би́ли бисте постизали2 би́ли би постизали2
Imperative — постижи — постижимо постижите —
Active past participle постизао m / постизала f / постизало n постизали m / постизале f / постизала n
Passive past participle постизан m / постизана f / постизано n постизани m / постизане f / постизана 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.

Further reading

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