познавати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Imperfective formation of по̀знати.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poznǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: по‧зна‧ва‧ти

Verb

позна́вати impf (Latin spelling poznávati)

(transitive) to know, have knowledge of
(transitive) to recognize, make out
(reflexive) to be acquainted (with each other)

Conjugation

Conjugation of познавати

Infinitive: познавати		Present verbal adverb: позна́вајӯћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: позна́ва̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		познајем	познајеш	познаје	познајемо	познајете	познају
Future	Future I	познават ћу¹ познаваћу	познават ћеш¹ познаваћеш	познават ће¹ познаваће	познават ћемо¹ познаваћемо	познават ћете¹ познаваћете	познават ће¹ познаваће
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м познавао²	бу̏де̄ш познавао²	бу̏де̄ познавао²	бу̏де̄мо познавали²	бу̏де̄те познавали²	бу̏дӯ познавали²
Past	Perfect	познавао сам²	познавао си²	познавао је²	познавали смо²	познавали сте²	познавали су²
	Pluperfect³	би̏о сам познавао²	би̏о си познавао²	би̏о је познавао²	би́ли смо познавали²	би́ли сте познавали²	би́ли су познавали²
	Imperfect	познавах	познаваше	познаваше	познавасмо	познавасте	познаваху
Conditional I		познавао бих²	познавао би²	познавао би²	познавали бисмо²	познавали бисте²	познавали би²
Conditional II⁴		би̏о бих познавао²	би̏о би познавао²	би̏о би познавао²	би́ли бисмо познавали²	би́ли бисте познавали²	би́ли би познавали²
Imperative		—	познај	—	познајмо	познајте	—
Active past participle		познавао m / познавала f / познавало n			познавали m / познавале f / познавала n
Passive past participle		познаван m / познавана f / познавано n			познавани m / познаване f / познавана 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

Related terms

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