живети

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐːʋeti/
  • Hyphenation: жи‧ве‧ти

Verb

жи́вети impf (Latin spelling žíveti)

  1. (intransitive) to live, exist, be alive
    Живети није угодно, али је занимљиво. ― To live is not pleasant, but it is interesting.
  2. (intransitive) to dwell, reside

Conjugation

Conjugation of живети
Infinitive: живети Present verbal adverb: жи́ве̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: жи́вље̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present живим живиш живи живимо живите живе
Future Future I живет ћу1
живећу 		живет ћеш1
живећеш 		живет ће1
живеће 		живет ћемо1
живећемо 		живет ћете1
живећете 		живет ће1
живеће
Future II бу̏де̄м живео2 бу̏де̄ш живео2 бу̏де̄ живео2 бу̏де̄мо живели2 бу̏де̄те живели2 бу̏дӯ живели2
Past Perfect живео сам2 живео си2 живео је2 живели смо2 живели сте2 живели су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам живео2 би̏о си живео2 би̏о је живео2 би́ли смо живели2 би́ли сте живели2 би́ли су живели2
Imperfect живљах живљаше живљаше живљасмо живљасте живљаху
Conditional I живео бих2 живео би2 живео би2 живели бисмо2 живели бисте2 живели би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих живео2 би̏о би живео2 би̏о би живео2 би́ли бисмо живели2 би́ли бисте живели2 би́ли би живели2
Imperative — живи — живимо живите —
Active past participle живео m / живела f / живело n живели m / живеле f / живела 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.

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