ценити

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěniti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sěːniti/
  • Hyphenation: це‧ни‧ти

Verb

це́нити impf (Latin spelling céniti)

  1. (transitive) to value, appreciate
  2. (transitive) to estimate, appraise
  3. (transitive) to respect

Conjugation

Conjugation of ценити
Infinitive: ценити Present verbal adverb: це́не̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: це́ње̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present ценим цениш цени ценимо цените цене
Future Future I ценит ћу1
ценићу 		ценит ћеш1
ценићеш 		ценит ће1
цениће 		ценит ћемо1
ценићемо 		ценит ћете1
ценићете 		ценит ће1
цениће
Future II бу̏де̄м ценио2 бу̏де̄ш ценио2 бу̏де̄ ценио2 бу̏де̄мо ценили2 бу̏де̄те ценили2 бу̏дӯ ценили2
Past Perfect ценио сам2 ценио си2 ценио је2 ценили смо2 ценили сте2 ценили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам ценио2 би̏о си ценио2 би̏о је ценио2 би́ли смо ценили2 би́ли сте ценили2 би́ли су ценили2
Imperfect цењах цењаше цењаше цењасмо цењасте цењаху
Conditional I ценио бих2 ценио би2 ценио би2 ценили бисмо2 ценили бисте2 ценили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих ценио2 би̏о би ценио2 би̏о би ценио2 би́ли бисмо ценили2 би́ли бисте ценили2 би́ли би ценили2
Imperative — цени — ценимо цените —
Active past participle ценио m / ценила f / ценило n ценили m / цениле f / ценила n
Passive past participle цењен m / цењена f / цењено n цењени m / цењене f / цењена 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.

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