počinjati

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒt͡ʃiɲati/
  • Hyphenation: po‧či‧nja‧ti

Verb

pòčinjati impf (Cyrillic spelling по̀чињати)

  1. (intransitive) to begin, start, commence

Conjugation

Conjugation of počinjati
Infinitive: počinjati Present verbal adverb: pòčinjūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: pòčinjānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present počinjem počinješ počinje počinjemo počinjete počinju
Future Future I počinjat ću1
počinjaću 		počinjat ćeš1
počinjaćeš 		počinjat će1
počinjaće 		počinjat ćemo1
počinjaćemo 		počinjat ćete1
počinjaćete 		počinjat će1
počinjaće
Future II bȕdēm počinjao2 bȕdēš počinjao2 bȕdē počinjao2 bȕdēmo počinjali2 bȕdēte počinjali2 bȕdū počinjali2
Past Perfect počinjao sam2 počinjao si2 počinjao je2 počinjali smo2 počinjali ste2 počinjali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam počinjao2 bȉo si počinjao2 bȉo je počinjao2 bíli smo počinjali2 bíli ste počinjali2 bíli su počinjali2
Imperfect počinjah počinjaše počinjaše počinjasmo počinjaste počinjahu
Conditional I počinjao bih2 počinjao bi2 počinjao bi2 počinjali bismo2 počinjali biste2 počinjali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih počinjao2 bȉo bi počinjao2 bȉo bi počinjao2 bíli bismo počinjali2 bíli biste počinjali2 bíli bi počinjali2
Imperative — počinji — počinjimo počinjite —
Active past participle počinjao m / počinjala f / počinjalo n počinjali m / počinjale f / počinjala n
Passive past participle počinjan m / počinjana f / počinjano n počinjani m / počinjane f / počinjana 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.

Further reading

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