znati

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See also: znáti and знати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /znâti/
  • Hyphenation: zna‧ti

Verb

znȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling зна̏ти)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to know (some information)
    Znam da si alergičan na mačke. ― I know that you are allergic to cats.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to know, to be familiar with (someone)
  3. (transitive) to be privy to (a secret)
  4. (transitive) to be versed in, to be familiar with (a skill)

Conjugation

Conjugation of znati
Infinitive: znati Present verbal adverb: znȁjūći / znádūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: znanje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present znam / znadem znaš / znadeš zna / znade znȃmo / znademo znate / znedete znaju / znadu
Future Future I znat ću1
znaću 		znat ćeš1
znaćeš 		znat će1
znaće 		znat ćemo1
znaćemo 		znat ćete1
znaćete 		znat će1
znaće
Future II bȕdēm znao2 bȕdēš znao2 bȕdē znao2 bȕdēmo znali2 bȕdēte znali2 bȕdū znali2
Past Perfect znao sam2 znao si2 znao je2 znali smo2 znali ste2 znali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam znao2 bȉo si znao2 bȉo je znao2 bíli smo znali2 bíli ste znali2 bíli su znali2
Imperfect znah / znadijah znaše / znadijaše znaše / znadijaše znasmo / znadijasmo znaste / znadijaste znahu / znadijahu
Conditional I znao bih2 znao bi2 znao bi2 znali bismo2 znali biste2 znali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih znao2 bȉo bi znao2 bȉo bi znao2 bíli bismo znali2 bíli biste znali2 bíli bi znali2
Imperative — znaj — znajmo znajte —
Active past participle znao m / znala f / znalo n znali m / znale f / znala n
Passive past participle znan m / znana f / znano n znani m / znane f / znana 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.

Derived terms

  • dòznati (“to find out”)
  • pòznati (“to know, have knowledge of; to recognize, make out”)
  • prepòznati (“to recognize”)
  • prìznati (“to acknowledge, recognize; to own, confess; to admit; to concede the claim; to appreciate; to plead guilty”)
  • raspòznati (“to tell apart, recognize, discern, make out”)
  • razàznati (“to distinguish, make out, differentiate”)
  • sàznati (“to find out, come to know”)
  • spòznati (“to comprehend, conceive; to become aware or cognizant of; to learn”)
  • upòznati (“to get acquainted with; to meet, get introduced to; to learn; to experience”)
  • znánac m (“acquaintance”)
  • znȁnōst f (“science”)
  • znánje n (“knowledge”)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

Verb

znáti impf

  1. to know
  2. to be able

Inflection

-ati -am (AP a)
infinitive znáti
1st singular znȃm
infinitive znáti znȁt
supine znȁt
verbal noun znȃnje
participle converb
present znajọ̄č —
past znán —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular znȁł znála ználo
dual znála ználi ználi
plural ználi znále znála
present imperative
1st singular znȃm —
2nd singular znȃš znȁj
3rd singular znȃ —
1st dual znȃva znȃjva
2nd dual znȃta znȃjta
3rd dual znȃta —
1st plural znȃmo znȃjmo
2nd plural znȃte znȃjte
3rd plural znȃjo —

Derived terms

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