bližiti

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blǐːʒiti/
  • Hyphenation: bli‧ži‧ti

Verb

blížiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бли́жити)

  1. (reflexive) to approach, come closer, near

Conjugation

Conjugation of bližiti
Infinitive: bližiti Present verbal adverb: blížēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: blížēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bližim bližiš bliži bližimo bližite bliže
Future Future I bližit ću1
bližiću 		bližit ćeš1
bližićeš 		bližit će1
bližiće 		bližit ćemo1
bližićemo 		bližit ćete1
bližićete 		bližit će1
bližiće
Future II bȕdēm bližio2 bȕdēš bližio2 bȕdē bližio2 bȕdēmo bližili2 bȕdēte bližili2 bȕdū bližili2
Past Perfect bližio sam2 bližio si2 bližio je2 bližili smo2 bližili ste2 bližili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bližio2 bȉo si bližio2 bȉo je bližio2 bíli smo bližili2 bíli ste bližili2 bíli su bližili2
Imperfect bližah bližaše bližaše bližasmo bližaste bližahu
Conditional I bližio bih2 bližio bi2 bližio bi2 bližili bismo2 bližili biste2 bližili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bližio2 bȉo bi bližio2 bȉo bi bližio2 bíli bismo bližili2 bíli biste bližili2 bíli bi bližili2
Imperative — bliži — bližimo bližite —
Active past participle bližio m / bližila f / bližilo n bližili m / bližile f / bližila n
Passive past participle bližen m / bližena f / bliženo n bliženi m / bližene f / bližena 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.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bližiti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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