ostaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ staviti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǒstaʋiti/
Hyphenation: o‧sta‧vi‧ti

Verb

òstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀ставити)

(transitive) to leave

Conjugation

Conjugation of ostaviti

Infinitive: ostaviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: òstavīvši		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		ostavim	ostaviš	ostavi	ostavimo	ostavite	ostave
Future	Future I	ostavit ću¹ ostaviću	ostavit ćeš¹ ostavićeš	ostavit će¹ ostaviće	ostavit ćemo¹ ostavićemo	ostavit ćete¹ ostavićete	ostavit će¹ ostaviće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm ostavio²	bȕdēš ostavio²	bȕdē ostavio²	bȕdēmo ostavili²	bȕdēte ostavili²	bȕdū ostavili²
Past	Perfect	ostavio sam²	ostavio si²	ostavio je²	ostavili smo²	ostavili ste²	ostavili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam ostavio²	bȉo si ostavio²	bȉo je ostavio²	bíli smo ostavili²	bíli ste ostavili²	bíli su ostavili²
	Aorist	ostavih	ostavi	ostavi	ostavismo	ostaviste	ostaviše
Conditional I		ostavio bih²	ostavio bi²	ostavio bi²	ostavili bismo²	ostavili biste²	ostavili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih ostavio²	bȉo bi ostavio²	bȉo bi ostavio²	bíli bismo ostavili²	bíli biste ostavili²	bíli bi ostavili²
Imperative		—	ostavi	—	ostavimo	ostavite	—
Active past participle		ostavio m / ostavila f / ostavilo n			ostavili m / ostavile f / ostavila n
Passive past participle		ostavljen m / ostavljena f / ostavljeno n			ostavljeni m / ostavljene f / ostavljena 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

òstavljati impf