goniti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goniti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gánīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-éye-ti, from *gʷʰen-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǒniti/
  • Hyphenation: go‧ni‧ti

Verb

gòniti impf (Cyrillic spelling го̀нити)

  1. (transitive) to chase, pursue
  2. (transitive) to prosecute

Conjugation

Conjugation of goniti
Infinitive: goniti Present verbal adverb: gȍnēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: gȍnjēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present gonim goniš goni gonimo gonite gone
Future Future I gonit ću1
goniću 		gonit ćeš1
gonićeš 		gonit će1
goniće 		gonit ćemo1
gonićemo 		gonit ćete1
gonićete 		gonit će1
goniće
Future II bȕdēm gonio2 bȕdēš gonio2 bȕdē gonio2 bȕdēmo gonili2 bȕdēte gonili2 bȕdū gonili2
Past Perfect gonio sam2 gonio si2 gonio je2 gonili smo2 gonili ste2 gonili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam gonio2 bȉo si gonio2 bȉo je gonio2 bíli smo gonili2 bíli ste gonili2 bíli su gonili2
Imperfect gonjah gonjaše gonjaše gonjasmo gonjaste gonjahu
Conditional I gonio bih2 gonio bi2 gonio bi2 gonili bismo2 gonili biste2 gonili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih gonio2 bȉo bi gonio2 bȉo bi gonio2 bíli bismo gonili2 bíli biste gonili2 bíli bi gonili2
Imperative — goni — gonimo gonite —
Active past participle gonio m / gonila f / gonilo n gonili m / gonile f / gonila n
Passive past participle gonjen m / gonjena f / gonjeno n gonjeni m / gonjene f / gonjena 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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