kresnuti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See krèsati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krêsnuti/
  • Hyphenation: kres‧nu‧ti

Verb

krȅsnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling кре̏снути)

  1. (transitive) to ignite, strike
    kresnuti šibicu ― to ignite a match
    kresnuli smo vatru na ognjištu ― we ignited fire at the hearth
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to hit, strike
    dobro sam ga kresnuo ― I hit him hard
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to curse
    kresnuo sam joj mater pa se naljutila na mene ― I cursed her mother so shit got angry with me
    ponekad kresnem Boga kad se naljutim ― sometimes I curse God when I become angry
  4. (transitive, slang) to have sex
    kresnuo sam mu sestru dok je bio na ljetovanju/letovanju ― I had sex with his sister while he was on vacation

Conjugation

Conjugation of kresnuti
Infinitive: kresnuti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: krȅsnūvši Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present kresnem kresneš kresne kresnemo kresnete kresnu
Future Future I kresnut ću1
kresnuću 		kresnut ćeš1
kresnućeš 		kresnut će1
kresnuće 		kresnut ćemo1
kresnućemo 		kresnut ćete1
kresnućete 		kresnut će1
kresnuće
Future II bȕdēm kresnuo2 bȕdēš kresnuo2 bȕdē kresnuo2 bȕdēmo kresnuli2 bȕdēte kresnuli2 bȕdū kresnuli2
Past Perfect kresnuo sam2 kresnuo si2 kresnuo je2 kresnuli smo2 kresnuli ste2 kresnuli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam kresnuo2 bȉo si kresnuo2 bȉo je kresnuo2 bíli smo kresnuli2 bíli ste kresnuli2 bíli su kresnuli2
Aorist kresnuh kresnu kresnu kresnusmo kresnuste kresnuše
Conditional I kresnuo bih2 kresnuo bi2 kresnuo bi2 kresnuli bismo2 kresnuli biste2 kresnuli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih kresnuo2 bȉo bi kresnuo2 bȉo bi kresnuo2 bíli bismo kresnuli2 bíli biste kresnuli2 bíli bi kresnuli2
Imperative — kresni — kresnimo kresnite —
Active past participle kresnuo m / kresnula f / kresnulo n kresnuli m / kresnule f / kresnula n
Passive past participle kresnut m / kresnuta f / kresnuto n kresnuti m / kresnute f / kresnuta 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.

References

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