Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъrěsti, *sъresti, cognate with Bulgarian срещам (sreštam), Russian встречать (vstrečatʹ). Compare сре̏ћа (“luck, fortune”).
сре̏сти pf (Latin spelling srȅsti)
| Infinitive: срести | Present verbal adverb: — | Past verbal adverb: сре̑вши | Verbal noun: — | ||||
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| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | сретнем | сретнеш | сретне | сретнемо | сретнете | сретну | |
| Future | Future I | срест ću1 срешću |
срест ćeš1 срешćeš |
срест će1 срешće |
срест ćemo1 срешćemo |
срест ćete1 срешćete |
срест će1 срешće |
| Future II | bȕdēm срео2 | bȕdēš срео2 | bȕdē срео2 | bȕdēmo срели2 | bȕdēte срели2 | bȕdū срели2 | |
| Past | Perfect | срео sam2 | срео si2 | срео je2 | срели smo2 | срели ste2 | срели su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam срео2 | bȉo si срео2 | bȉo je срео2 | bíli smo срели2 | bíli ste срели2 | bíli su срели2 | |
| Aorist | сретох | срете | срете | сретосмо | сретосте | сретоше | |
| Conditional I | срео bih2 | срео bi2 | срео bi2 | срели bismo2 | срели biste2 | срели bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih срео2 | bȉo bi срео2 | bȉo bi срео2 | bíli bismo срели2 | bíli biste срели2 | bíli bi срели2 | |
| Imperative | — | сретни | — | сретнимо | сретните | — | |
| Active past participle | срео m / срела f / срело n | срели m / среле f / срела 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.
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