koristiti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koristati / *koristiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒristiti/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ri‧sti‧ti

Verb

kòristiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ко̀ристити)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to use, utilize
  2. (intransitive) to be of use or help

Conjugation

Conjugation of koristiti
Infinitive: koristiti Present verbal adverb: kòristēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: kòrištēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present koristim koristiš koristi koristimo koristite koriste
Future Future I koristit ću1
koristiću 		koristit ćeš1
koristićeš 		koristit će1
koristiće 		koristit ćemo1
koristićemo 		koristit ćete1
koristićete 		koristit će1
koristiće
Future II bȕdēm koristio2 bȕdēš koristio2 bȕdē koristio2 bȕdēmo koristili2 bȕdēte koristili2 bȕdū koristili2
Past Perfect koristio sam2 koristio si2 koristio je2 koristili smo2 koristili ste2 koristili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam koristio2 bȉo si koristio2 bȉo je koristio2 bíli smo koristili2 bíli ste koristili2 bíli su koristili2
Imperfect korišćah korišćaše korišćaše korišćasmo korišćaste korišćahu
Conditional I koristio bih2 koristio bi2 koristio bi2 koristili bismo2 koristili biste2 koristili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih koristio2 bȉo bi koristio2 bȉo bi koristio2 bíli bismo koristili2 bíli biste koristili2 bíli bi koristili2
Imperative — koristi — koristimo koristite —
Active past participle koristio m / koristila f / koristilo n koristili m / koristile f / koristila n
Passive past participle korišten m / korištena f / korišteno n korišteni m / korištene f / korištena 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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