težiti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /těːʒiti/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ži‧ti

Verb

téžiti impf (Cyrillic spelling те́жити)

  1. (intransitive) to weigh
  2. (intransitive) to gravitate, tend to
  3. (intransitive) to strive, try, endeavor

Conjugation

Conjugation of težiti
Infinitive: težiti Present verbal adverb: téžēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: téžēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present težim težiš teži težimo težite teže
Future Future I težit ću1
težiću 		težit ćeš1
težićeš 		težit će1
težiće 		težit ćemo1
težićemo 		težit ćete1
težićete 		težit će1
težiće
Future II bȕdēm težio2 bȕdēš težio2 bȕdē težio2 bȕdēmo težili2 bȕdēte težili2 bȕdū težili2
Past Perfect težio sam2 težio si2 težio je2 težili smo2 težili ste2 težili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam težio2 bȉo si težio2 bȉo je težio2 bíli smo težili2 bíli ste težili2 bíli su težili2
Imperfect težah težaše težaše težasmo težaste težahu
Conditional I težio bih2 težio bi2 težio bi2 težili bismo2 težili biste2 težili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih težio2 bȉo bi težio2 bȉo bi težio2 bíli bismo težili2 bíli biste težili2 bíli bi težili2
Imperative — teži — težimo težite —
Active past participle težio m / težila f / težilo n težili m / težile f / težila 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

  • “težiti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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