koristiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koristati / *koristiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kǒristiti/
Hyphenation: ko‧ri‧sti‧ti

Verb

kòristiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ко̀ристити)

(transitive, reflexive) to use, utilize
(intransitive) to be of use or help

Conjugation

Conjugation of koristiti

Infinitive: koristiti		Present verbal adverb: kòristēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kòrištēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		koristim	koristiš	koristi	koristimo	koristite	koriste
Future	Future I	koristit ću¹ koristiću	koristit ćeš¹ koristićeš	koristit će¹ koristiće	koristit ćemo¹ koristićemo	koristit ćete¹ koristićete	koristit će¹ koristiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm koristio²	bȕdēš koristio²	bȕdē koristio²	bȕdēmo koristili²	bȕdēte koristili²	bȕdū koristili²
Past	Perfect	koristio sam²	koristio si²	koristio je²	koristili smo²	koristili ste²	koristili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam koristio²	bȉo si koristio²	bȉo je koristio²	bíli smo koristili²	bíli ste koristili²	bíli su koristili²
	Imperfect	korišćah	korišćaše	korišćaše	korišćasmo	korišćaste	korišćahu
Conditional I		koristio bih²	koristio bi²	koristio bi²	koristili bismo²	koristili biste²	koristili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih koristio²	bȉo bi koristio²	bȉo bi koristio²	bíli bismo koristili²	bíli biste koristili²	bíli bi koristili²
Imperative		—	koristi	—	koristimo	koristite	—
Active past participle		koristio m / koristila f / koristilo n			koristili m / koristile f / koristila n
Passive past participle		korišten m / korištena f / korišteno n			korišteni m / korištene f / korištena 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

iskorìstiti

Related terms

korist