старати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stârati/
  • Hyphenation: ста‧ра‧ти

Verb

ста̏рати impf (Latin spelling stȁrati)

  1. (reflexive) to take care of, to look after

Conjugation

Conjugation of старати
Infinitive: старати Present verbal adverb: ста̏рајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: ста̏ра̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present старам стараш стара старамо старате старају
Future Future I старат ћу1
стараћу 		старат ћеш1
стараћеш 		старат ће1
стараће 		старат ћемо1
стараћемо 		старат ћете1
стараћете 		старат ће1
стараће
Future II бу̏де̄м старао2 бу̏де̄ш старао2 бу̏де̄ старао2 бу̏де̄мо старали2 бу̏де̄те старали2 бу̏дӯ старали2
Past Perfect старао сам2 старао си2 старао је2 старали смо2 старали сте2 старали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам старао2 би̏о си старао2 би̏о је старао2 би́ли смо старали2 би́ли сте старали2 би́ли су старали2
Imperfect старах стараше стараше старасмо старасте стараху
Conditional I старао бих2 старао би2 старао би2 старали бисмо2 старали бисте2 старали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих старао2 би̏о би старао2 би̏о би старао2 би́ли бисмо старали2 би́ли бисте старали2 би́ли би старали2
Imperative — старај — старајмо старајте —
Active past participle старао m / старала f / старало n старали m / старале f / старала 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

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