živeti

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐːʋeti/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧ve‧ti

Verb

žíveti impf (Cyrillic spelling жи́вети)

  1. (intransitive) to live, exist, be alive
    Živeti nije ugodno, ali je zanimljivo ― To live is not pleasant, but it is interesting.
  2. (intransitive) to dwell, reside

Conjugation

Conjugation of živeti
Infinitive: živeti Present verbal adverb: žívēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: žívljēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present živim živiš živi živimo živite žive
Future Future I živet ću1
živeću 		živet ćeš1
živećeš 		živet će1
živeće 		živet ćemo1
živećemo 		živet ćete1
živećete 		živet će1
živeće
Future II bȕdēm živeo2 bȕdēš živeo2 bȕdē živeo2 bȕdēmo živeli2 bȕdēte živeli2 bȕdū živeli2
Past Perfect živeo sam2 živeo si2 živeo je2 živeli smo2 živeli ste2 živeli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam živeo2 bȉo si živeo2 bȉo je živeo2 bíli smo živeli2 bíli ste živeli2 bíli su živeli2
Imperfect življah življaše življaše življasmo življaste življahu
Conditional I živeo bih2 živeo bi2 živeo bi2 živeli bismo2 živeli biste2 živeli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih živeo2 bȉo bi živeo2 bȉo bi živeo2 bíli bismo živeli2 bíli biste živeli2 bíli bi živeli2
Imperative — živi — živimo živite —
Active past participle živeo m / živela f / živelo n živeli m / živele f / živela 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *živěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒiʋèːti/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vé‧ti

Verb

živẹ́ti impf

  1. to live (be alive)
  2. to reside

Inflection

-eti -im
infinitive živẹ́ti
1st singular živím
infinitive živẹ́ti živȅt, živẹ̑t
supine živȅt, živẹ̑t
verbal noun —
participle converb
present živȅč —
past živẹ̑t —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular žíveł živẹ̄la živẹ́lo
dual živẹ́la živẹ́li živẹ́li
plural živẹ́li živẹ́le živẹ́la
present imperative
1st singular živím —
2nd singular živíš žívi
3rd singular živí —
1st dual živíva živȋva
2nd dual živíta živȋta
3rd dual živíta —
1st plural živímo živȋmo
2nd plural živíte živȋte
3rd plural živíjo —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “živeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
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