nestati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

nèstajati

Etymology

From ne- +‎ stȃti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /něstati/
Hyphenation: ne‧sta‧ti

Verb

nèstati pf (Cyrillic spelling нѐстати)

(intransitive) to disappear, vanish
A onda je vlak nestao u daljini. - And then the train disappeared into the distance.
(intransitive) to run out of, become exhausted (+ genitive)
Zbog jake kiše i grmljavine nestalo je struje. - Due to heavy rain and thunder, the power went out.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nestati

Infinitive: nestati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: nèstāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		nestanem	nestaneš	nestane	nestanemo	nestanete	nestanu
Future	Future I	nestat ću¹ nestaću	nestat ćeš¹ nestaćeš	nestat će¹ nestaće	nestat ćemo¹ nestaćemo	nestat ćete¹ nestaćete	nestat će¹ nestaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm nestao²	bȕdēš nestao²	bȕdē nestao²	bȕdēmo nestali²	bȕdēte nestali²	bȕdū nestali²
Past	Perfect	nestao sam²	nestao si²	nestao je²	nestali smo²	nestali ste²	nestali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam nestao²	bȉo si nestao²	bȉo je nestao²	bíli smo nestali²	bíli ste nestali²	bíli su nestali²
	Aorist	nestah / nestadoh	nesta / nestade	nesta / nestade	nestasmo / nestadosmo	nestaste / nestadoste	nestaše / nestadoše
Conditional I		nestao bih²	nestao bi²	nestao bi²	nestali bismo²	nestali biste²	nestali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih nestao²	bȉo bi nestao²	bȉo bi nestao²	bíli bismo nestali²	bíli biste nestali²	bíli bi nestali²
Imperative		—	nestani	—	nestanimo	nestanite	—
Active past participle		nestao m / nestala f / nestalo n			nestali m / nestale f / nestala 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.

Related terms

nèstajati impf