častiti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎstiti/
  • Hyphenation: ča‧sti‧ti

Verb

čàstiti pf (Cyrillic spelling ча̀стити, imperfective čašćávati)

  1. (reflexive) to treat oneself, to indulge
  2. (transitive) to regale
  3. (transitive, rare) to honor
  4. (transitive, figurative, ironic) to insult

Conjugation

Conjugation of častiti
Infinitive: častiti Present verbal adverb: čàstēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: čàšćēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present čàstīm čàstīš čàstī čàstīmo čàstīte čàstē
Future Future I čàstit ću1
čàstiću 		čàstit ćeš1
čàstićeš 		čàstit će1
čàstiće 		čàstit ćemo1
čàstićemo 		čàstit ćete1
čàstićete 		čàstit će1
čàstiće
Future II bȕdēm čàstio2 bȕdēš čàstio2 bȕdē čàstio2 bȕdēmo čàstili2 bȕdēte čàstili2 bȕdū čàstili2
Past Perfect čàstio sam2 čàstio si2 čàstio je2 čàstili smo2 čàstili ste2 čàstili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam čàstio2 bȉo si čàstio2 bȉo je čàstio2 bíli smo čàstili2 bíli ste čàstili2 bíli su čàstili2
Imperfect čàšćah čàšćaše čàšćaše čàšćasmo čàšćaste čàšćahu
Conditional I čàstio bih2 čàstio bi2 čàstio bi2 čàstili bismo2 čàstili biste2 čàstili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih čàstio2 bȉo bi čàstio2 bȉo bi čàstio2 bíli bismo čàstili2 bíli biste čàstili2 bíli bi čàstili2
Imperative — čàsti — čàstimo čàstite —
Active past participle čàstio m / čàstila f / čàstilo n čàstili m / čàstile f / čàstila n
Passive past participle čȁšćen m / čȁšćena f / čȁšćeno n čȁšćeni m / čȁšćene f / čȁšćena 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

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