bližiti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blǐːʒiti/
• Hyphenation: bli‧ži‧ti

Verb

blížiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бли́жити)

1. (reflexive) to approach, come closer, near

Conjugation

Conjugation of bližiti

Infinitive: bližiti		Present verbal adverb: blížēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: blížēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bližim	bližiš	bliži	bližimo	bližite	bliže
Future	Future I	bližit ću1 bližiću	bližit ćeš1 bližićeš	bližit će1 bližiće	bližit ćemo1 bližićemo	bližit ćete1 bližićete	bližit će1 bližiće
	Future II	bȕdēm bližio2	bȕdēš bližio2	bȕdē bližio2	bȕdēmo bližili2	bȕdēte bližili2	bȕdū bližili2
Past	Perfect	bližio sam2	bližio si2	bližio je2	bližili smo2	bližili ste2	bližili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bližio2	bȉo si bližio2	bȉo je bližio2	bíli smo bližili2	bíli ste bližili2	bíli su bližili2
	Imperfect	bližah	bližaše	bližaše	bližasmo	bližaste	bližahu
Conditional I		bližio bih2	bližio bi2	bližio bi2	bližili bismo2	bližili biste2	bližili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bližio2	bȉo bi bližio2	bȉo bi bližio2	bíli bismo bližili2	bíli biste bližili2	bíli bi bližili2
Imperative		—	bliži	—	bližimo	bližite	—
Active past participle		bližio m / bližila f / bližilo n			bližili m / bližile f / bližila n
Passive past participle		bližen m / bližena f / bliženo n			bliženi m / bližene f / bližena 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

• priblížiti
• zblížiti

Further reading

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