povesti

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See also: povești

Romanian

Etymology

From poveste.

Verb

a povesti (third-person singular present povestește, past participle povestit) 4th conj.

  1. to tell a story

Conjugation

    conjugation of povesti (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a povesti
gerund povestind
past participle povestit
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present povestesc povestești povestește povestim povestiți povestesc
imperfect povesteam povesteai povestea povesteam povesteați povesteau
simple perfect povestii povestiși povesti povestirăm povestirăți povestiră
pluperfect povestisem povestiseși povestise povestiserăm povestiserăți povestiseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să povestesc să povestești să povestească să povestim să povestiți să povestească
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative povestește povestiți
negative nu povesti nu povestiți

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒʋesti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ve‧sti

Verb

pòvesti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вести)

  1. (transitive) to lead
  2. (transitive) to initiate, begin
  3. (intransitive) to take the lead
  4. (reflexive) to go along with, imitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of povesti
Infinitive: povesti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: pòvēvši 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 povedem povedeš povede povedemo povedete povedu
Future Future I povest ću1
povešću 		povest ćeš1
povešćeš 		povest će1
povešće 		povest ćemo1
povešćemo 		povest ćete1
povešćete 		povest će1
povešće
Future II bȕdēm poveo2 bȕdēš poveo2 bȕdē poveo2 bȕdēmo poveli2 bȕdēte poveli2 bȕdū poveli2
Past Perfect poveo sam2 poveo si2 poveo je2 poveli smo2 poveli ste2 poveli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam poveo2 bȉo si poveo2 bȉo je poveo2 bíli smo poveli2 bíli ste poveli2 bíli su poveli2
Aorist povedoh povede povede povedosmo povedoste povedoše
Conditional I poveo bih2 poveo bi2 poveo bi2 poveli bismo2 poveli biste2 poveli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih poveo2 bȉo bi poveo2 bȉo bi poveo2 bíli bismo poveli2 bíli biste poveli2 bíli bi poveli2
Imperative — povedi — povedimo povedite —
Active past participle poveo m / povela f / povelo n poveli m / povele f / povela n
Passive past participle poveden m / povedena f / povedeno n povedeni m / povedene f / povedena 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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