reći

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See also: reci, reči, řeči, řečí, and rècí

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *reťi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rêt͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: re‧ći

Verb

rȅći pf (Cyrillic spelling ре̏ћи)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to say
    Synonyms: govoriti, kazati
    Dosta je rečeno! Resultat je jasan. ― Enough has been said. The result is clear.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to tell
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to utter

Usage notes

The present tense form of rȅći has an informal connotation; the verb kázati is recommended as a substitute instead.

Conjugation

Conjugation of reći
Infinitive: reći Present verbal adverb: rȅkūći Past verbal adverb: rèkāvši 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 rȅknēm / rȅčēm rȅknēš / rȅčēš rȅknē / rȅčē rȅknēmo / rȅčēmo rȅknēte / rȅčēte rȅknū / rȅčū
Future Future I rȅći ću rȅći ćeš rȅći će rȅći ćemo rȅći ćete rȅći će
Future II bȕdēm rȅkao2 bȕdēš rȅkao2 bȕdē rȅkao2 bȕdēmo rȅkli2 bȕdēte rȅkli2 bȕdū rȅkli2
Past Perfect rȅkao sam2 rȅkao si2 rȅkao je2 rȅkli smo2 rȅkli ste2 rȅkli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam rȅkao2 bȉo si rȅkao2 bȉo je rȅkao2 bíli smo rȅkli2 bíli ste rȅkli2 bíli su rȅkli2
Aorist rèkoh rȅče rȅče rèkosmo rèkoste rèkoše
Conditional I rȅkao bih2 rȅkao bi2 rȅkao bi2 rȅkli bismo2 rȅkli biste2 rȅkli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih rȅkao2 bȉo bi rȅkao2 bȉo bi rȅkao2 bíli bismo rȅkli2 bíli biste rȅkli2 bíli bi rȅkli2
Imperative — rekni / rèci — reknimo / rècimo reknite / rècite —
Active past participle rȅkao m / rȅkla f / rȅklo n rȅkli m / rȅkle f / rȅkla n
Passive past participle rèčen m / rečèna f / rečèno n rečèni m / rečène f / rečèna 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.

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References

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