položiti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *položiti. Compare Czech položit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /polǒʒiti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo‧ži‧ti

Verb

polòžiti pf (Cyrillic spelling поло̀жити)

  1. (transitive) to lay, put, place
  2. (transitive) to take or pass an examination
  3. (transitive) to lay down (weapons)
  4. (transitive) to deposit (money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of položiti
Infinitive: položiti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: polòžīvši 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 položim položiš položi položimo položite polože
Future Future I položit ću1
položiću 		položit ćeš1
položićeš 		položit će1
položiće 		položit ćemo1
položićemo 		položit ćete1
položićete 		položit će1
položiće
Future II bȕdēm položio2 bȕdēš položio2 bȕdē položio2 bȕdēmo položili2 bȕdēte položili2 bȕdū položili2
Past Perfect položio sam2 položio si2 položio je2 položili smo2 položili ste2 položili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam položio2 bȉo si položio2 bȉo je položio2 bíli smo položili2 bíli ste položili2 bíli su položili2
Aorist položih položi položi položismo položiste položiše
Conditional I položio bih2 položio bi2 položio bi2 položili bismo2 položili biste2 položili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih položio2 bȉo bi položio2 bȉo bi položio2 bíli bismo položili2 bíli biste položili2 bíli bi položili2
Imperative — položi — položimo položite —
Active past participle položio m / položila f / položilo n položili m / položile f / položila n
Passive past participle položen m / položena f / položeno n položeni m / položene f / položena 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

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