natjecati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- +‎ teći.

Verb

nàtjecati impf (Cyrillic spelling на̀тјецати)

  1. (reflexive) to compete

Conjugation

Conjugation of natjecati
Infinitive: natjecati Present verbal adverb: nàtječūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: nàtječānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present natječem natječeš natječe natječemo natječete natječu
Future Future I natječat ću1
natječaću 		natječat ćeš1
natječaćeš 		natječat će1
natječaće 		natječat ćemo1
natječaćemo 		natječat ćete1
natječaćete 		natječat će1
natječaće
Future II bȕdēm natjecao2 bȕdēš natjecao2 bȕdē natjecao2 bȕdēmo natjecali2 bȕdēte natjecali2 bȕdū natjecali2
Past Perfect natjecao sam2 natjecao si2 natjecao je2 natjecali smo2 natjecali ste2 natjecali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam natjecao2 bȉo si natjecao2 bȉo je natjecao2 bíli smo natjecali2 bíli ste natjecali2 bíli su natjecali2
Imperfect natjecah natjecaše natjecaše natjecasmo natjecaste natjecahu
Conditional I natjecao bih2 natjecao bi2 natjecao bi2 natjecali bismo2 natjecali biste2 natjecali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih natjecao2 bȉo bi natjecao2 bȉo bi natjecao2 bíli bismo natjecali2 bíli biste natjecali2 bíli bi natjecali2
Imperative — natječi — natječimo natječite —
Active past participle natjecao m / natjecala f / natjecalo n natjecali m / natjecale f / natjecala 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

  • “natjecati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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