živjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

žíveti (Ekavian)

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ʒǐːʋjeti/
Hyphenation: ži‧vje‧ti

Verb

žívjeti impf (Cyrillic spelling жи́вјети)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of živjeti

Infinitive: živjeti		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	živjet ću¹ živjeću	živjet ćeš¹ živjećeš	živjet će¹ živjeće	živjet ćemo¹ živjećemo	živjet ćete¹ živjećete	živjet ćē¹ živjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm živio²	bȕdēš živio²	bȕdē živio²	bȕdēmo živjeli²	bȕdēte živjeli²	bȕdū živjeli²
Past	Perfect	živio sam²	živio si²	živio je²	živjeli smo²	živjeli ste²	živjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam živio²	bȉo si živio²	bȉo je živio²	bíli smo živjeli²	bíli ste živjeli²	bíli su živjeli²
	Imperfect	življah	življaše	življaše	življasmo	življaste	življahu
Conditional I		živio bih²	živio bi²	živio bi²	živjeli bismo²	živjeli biste²	živjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih živio²	bȉo bi živio²	bȉo bi živio²	bíli bismo živjeli²	bíli biste živjeli²	bíli bi živjeli²
Imperative		—	živi	—	živimo	živite	—
Active past participle		živio m / živjela f / živjelo n			živjeli m / živjele f / živjela 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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