почети

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word почети. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word почети, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say почети in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word почети you have here. The definition of the word почети will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofпочети, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Verb

почети́ • (početí)

  1. second-person singular imperative of почета́ (početá)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

по- + Proto-Slavic *čęti (“to begin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒt͡ʃeːti/
  • Hyphenation: по‧че‧ти

Verb

по̀че̄ти pf (Latin spelling pòčēti)

  1. (intransitive) to begin, start, commence
    Почео сам да читам моју нову књигу. ― I started to read my new book.

Conjugation

Conjugation of почети
Infinitive: почети Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: по̀че̄вши Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present почнем почнеш почне почнемо почнете почну
Future Future I почет ћу1
почећу 		почет ћеш1
почећеш 		почет ће1
почеће 		почет ћемо1
почећемо 		почет ћете1
почећете 		почет ће1
почеће
Future II бу̏де̄м почео2 бу̏де̄ш почео2 бу̏де̄ почео2 бу̏де̄мо почели2 бу̏де̄те почели2 бу̏дӯ почели2
Past Perfect почео сам2 почео си2 почео је2 почели смо2 почели сте2 почели су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам почео2 би̏о си почео2 би̏о је почео2 би́ли смо почели2 би́ли сте почели2 би́ли су почели2
Aorist почех поче поче почесмо почесте почеше
Conditional I почео бих2 почео би2 почео би2 почели бисмо2 почели бисте2 почели би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих почео2 би̏о би почео2 би̏о би почео2 би́ли бисмо почели2 би́ли бисте почели2 би́ли би почели2
Imperative — почни — почнимо почните —
Active past participle почео m / почела f / почело n почели m / почеле f / почела n
Passive past participle почет m / почета f / почето n почети m / почете f / почета 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

  • “почети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia