почињати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒt͡ʃiɲati/
  • Hyphenation: по‧чи‧ња‧ти

Verb

по̀чињати impf (Latin spelling pòčinjati)

  1. (intransitive) to begin, start, commence

Conjugation

Conjugation of почињати
Infinitive: почињати Present verbal adverb: по̀чињӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: по̀чиња̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present почињем почињеш почиње почињемо почињете почињу
Future Future I почињат ћу1
почињаћу 		почињат ћеш1
почињаћеш 		почињат ће1
почињаће 		почињат ћемо1
почињаћемо 		почињат ћете1
почињаћете 		почињат ће1
почињаће
Future II бу̏де̄м почињао2 бу̏де̄ш почињао2 бу̏де̄ почињао2 бу̏де̄мо почињали2 бу̏де̄те почињали2 бу̏дӯ почињали2
Past Perfect почињао сам2 почињао си2 почињао је2 почињали смо2 почињали сте2 почињали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам почињао2 би̏о си почињао2 би̏о је почињао2 би́ли смо почињали2 би́ли сте почињали2 би́ли су почињали2
Imperfect почињах почињаше почињаше почињасмо почињасте почињаху
Conditional I почињао бих2 почињао би2 почињао би2 почињали бисмо2 почињали бисте2 почињали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих почињао2 би̏о би почињао2 би̏о би почињао2 би́ли бисмо почињали2 би́ли бисте почињали2 би́ли би почињали2
Imperative — почињи — почињимо почињите —
Active past participle почињао m / почињала f / почињало n почињали m / почињале f / почињала n
Passive past participle почињан m / почињана f / почињано n почињани m / почињане f / почињана 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

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