crnčiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From crn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sr̂ːnt͡ʃiti/
Hyphenation: crn‧či‧ti

Verb

cȓnčiti impf (Cyrillic spelling цр̑нчити)

(intransitive, colloquial) to drudge, grub, slave away

Conjugation

Conjugation of crnčiti

Infinitive: crnčiti		Present verbal adverb: cȓnčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: cȓnčēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		crnčim	crnčiš	crnči	crnčimo	crnčite	crnče
Future	Future I	crnčit ću¹ crnčiću	crnčit ćeš¹ crnčićeš	crnčit će¹ crnčiće	crnčit ćemo¹ crnčićemo	crnčit ćete¹ crnčićete	crnčit će¹ crnčiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm crnčio²	bȕdēš crnčio²	bȕdē crnčio²	bȕdēmo crnčili²	bȕdēte crnčili²	bȕdū crnčili²
Past	Perfect	crnčio sam²	crnčio si²	crnčio je²	crnčili smo²	crnčili ste²	crnčili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam crnčio²	bȉo si crnčio²	bȉo je crnčio²	bíli smo crnčili²	bíli ste crnčili²	bíli su crnčili²
	Imperfect	crnčah	crnčaše	crnčaše	crnčasmo	crnčaste	crnčahu
Conditional I		crnčio bih²	crnčio bi²	crnčio bi²	crnčili bismo²	crnčili biste²	crnčili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih crnčio²	bȉo bi crnčio²	bȉo bi crnčio²	bíli bismo crnčili²	bíli biste crnčili²	bíli bi crnčili²
Imperative		—	crnči	—	crnčimo	crnčite	—
Active past participle		crnčio m / crnčila f / crnčilo n			crnčili m / crnčile f / crnčila 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.

References

“crnčiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025