čuti

See also: cuti, cutí, and чути

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃûti/
• Hyphenation: ču‧ti

Verb

čȕti impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ти)

1. (ambitransitive) to hear

   Čujem vas. ― I hear you.

2. (reflexive) to hear from

   On i ja se nismo čuli godinama.

   He and I haven't heard from each other in years.

3. (transitive, regional) to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of čuti

infinitive		čuti
present verbal adverb		čuvši
past verbal adverb		čȗvši
verbal noun		čùvēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		čujem	čuješ	čuje	čujemo	čujete	čuju
future	future I	čut ću1 čuću	čut ćeš1 čućeš	čut će1 čuće	čut ćemo1 čućemo	čut ćete1 čućete	čut ćē1 čuće
	future II	bȕdēm čuo2	bȕdēš čuo2	bȕdē čuo2	bȕdēmo čuli2	bȕdēte čuli2	bȕdū čuli2
past	perfect	čuo sam2	čuo si2	čuo je2	čuli smo2	čuli ste2	čuli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam čuo2	bȉo si čuo2	bȉo je čuo2	bíli smo čuli2	bíli ste čuli2	bíli su čuli2
	aorist	čuh	ču	ču	čusmo	čuste	čuše
	imperfect	čujah	čujaše	čujaše	čujasmo	čujaste	čujahu
conditional	conditional I	čuo bih2	čuo bi2	čuo bi2	čuli bismo2	čuli biste2	čuli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih čuo2	bȉo bi čuo2	bȉo bi čuo2	bíli bismo čuli2	bíli biste čuli2	bíli bi čuli2
imperative		—	čuj	—	čujmo	čujte	—
active past participle		čuo m / čula f / čulo n			čuli m / čule f / čula n
passive past participle		čuven m / čuvena f / čuveno n			čuveni m / čuvene f / čuvena 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

• dòčuti
• nàčuti
• pòčuti
• prèčuti
• pròčuti
• zàčuti

See also

• (hear): slušati

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃùːti/

Verb

čúti impf or pf

1. (transitive, colloquial, archaic) to hear

   Synonym: slíšati

Conjugation

Class I, accentual type IIA (accent is directly before infinitive ending and not directly before present indicative endings), perfective and imperfective:

Infinitive čúti (ø-ti)

long infinitive1		čúti
short infinitive2		čūt, čȕt
supine		čȗt, čȕt pf, čȗt impf
1 Usually only written, except in very formal contexts 2 In spoken formal language, colloquial
l-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	čȗł, čȕł	čúla	čūlȍ
dual	čūlȁ	čūlȉ	čūlȉ
plural	čūlȉ	čūlȅ	čūlȁ
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	čȗt	čȗta	čȗto
dual	čȗta	čȗti	čȗti
plural	čȗti	čȗte	čȗta
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	čȗvši	čȗvša	čȗvše
dual	čȗvša	čȗvši	čȗvši
plural	čȗvši	čȗvše	čȗvša
adverbial š-participle		čȗvši
true gerund		čūtje
objectified gerund		–

Present stem čȗjem (je-m)

present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	čȗjem	čȗjeva, čȗjema	čȗjemo
2nd person	čȗješ	čȗjeta, čȗjesta	čȗjete, čȗjeste
3rd person	čȗje	čȗjeta, čȗjesta	čȗjejo
imperative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	čūj	čūjva, čūjma	čūjmo
2nd person	čūj	čūjta	čūjte
3rd person	čūj	čūjta	–
č-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter , čujọ́ča
singular	čujȅč, čujọ̄č, čujȍč	čujẹ́ča, čujọ́ča	čujẹ́če, čujọ́če
dual	čujẹ́ča, čujọ́ča	čujẹ́či, čujọ́či	čujẹ́či, čujọ́či
plural	čujẹ́či, čujọ́či	čujẹ́če, čujọ́če	čujẹ́ča, čujọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle		čujȅč, čujẹ̄č, čujọ̄č
e-participle		–

Derived terms

• čȗj
• prečúti
• začúti

Further reading

• “čuti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “čuti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references