većati

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věťati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋěːt͡ɕati/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ća‧ti

Verb

véćati impf (Cyrillic spelling ве́ћати)

  1. (intransitive) to deliberate, confer

Conjugation

Conjugation of većati
Infinitive: većati Present verbal adverb: véćajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: véćānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present većam većaš veća većamo većate većaju
Future Future I većat ću1
većaću 		većat ćeš1
većaćeš 		većat će1
većaće 		većat ćemo1
većaćemo 		većat ćete1
većaćete 		većat će1
većaće
Future II bȕdēm većao2 bȕdēš većao2 bȕdē većao2 bȕdēmo većali2 bȕdēte većali2 bȕdū većali2
Past Perfect većao sam2 većao si2 većao je2 većali smo2 većali ste2 većali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam većao2 bȉo si većao2 bȉo je većao2 bíli smo većali2 bíli ste većali2 bíli su većali2
Imperfect većah većaše većaše većasmo većaste većahu
Conditional I većao bih2 većao bi2 većao bi2 većali bismo2 većali biste2 većali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih većao2 bȉo bi većao2 bȉo bi većao2 bíli bismo većali2 bíli biste većali2 bíli bi većali2
Imperative — većaj — većajmo većajte —
Active past participle većao m / većala f / većalo n većali m / većale f / većala 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

  • “većati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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