dospeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dòspjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

do- + ùspeh, ùspeti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒspeti/
• Hyphenation: do‧spe‧ti

Verb

dòspeti pf (Cyrillic spelling до̀спети)

1. (intransitive) to arrive, reach, get to (+ preposition + locative)
2. (intransitive) to manage, succeed

Conjugation

Conjugation of dospeti

Infinitive: dospeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: dòspēvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		dospem	dospeš	dospe	dospemo	dospete	dospeju
Future	Future I	dospet ću1 dospeću	dospet ćeš1 dospećeš	dospet će1 dospeće	dospet ćemo1 dospećemo	dospet ćete1 dospećete	dospet će1 dospeće
	Future II	bȕdēm dospeo2	bȕdēš dospeo2	bȕdē dospeo2	bȕdēmo dospeli2	bȕdēte dospeli2	bȕdū dospeli2
Past	Perfect	dospeo sam2	dospeo si2	dospeo je2	dospeli smo2	dospeli ste2	dospeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam dospeo2	bȉo si dospeo2	bȉo je dospeo2	bíli smo dospeli2	bíli ste dospeli2	bíli su dospeli2
	Aorist	dospeh	dospe	dospe	dospesmo	dospeste	dospeše
Conditional I		dospeo bih2	dospeo bi2	dospeo bi2	dospeli bismo2	dospeli biste2	dospeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih dospeo2	bȉo bi dospeo2	bȉo bi dospeo2	bíli bismo dospeli2	bíli biste dospeli2	bíli bi dospeli2
Imperative		—	dospij	—	dospijmo	dospijte	—
Active past participle		dospeo m / dospela f / dospelo n			dospeli m / dospele f / dospela 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.

Related terms

• dospévati impf