potaknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pòtaći (alternative infinitive)

Etymology

From taknuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potǎknuti/
• Hyphenation: po‧tak‧nu‧ti

Verb

potàknuti ? (Cyrillic spelling пота̀кнути)

1. (transitive) to encourage, urge, goad, induce

Conjugation

Conjugation of potaknuti

Infinitive: potaknuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: potakavši		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		potaknem	potakneš	potakne	potaknemo	potaknete	potaknu
Future	Future I	potaći ću	potaći ćeš	potaći će	potaći ćemo	potaći ćete	potaći će
	Future II	bȕdēm potakao2	bȕdēš potakao2	bȕdē potakao2	bȕdēmo potakli2	bȕdēte potakli2	bȕdū potakli2
Past	Perfect	potakao sam2	potakao si2	potakao je2	potakli smo2	potakli ste2	potakli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam potakao2	bȉo si potakao2	bȉo je potakao2	bíli smo potakli2	bíli ste potakli2	bíli su potakli2
	Aorist	potakoh	potače	potače	potakosmo	potakoste	potakoše
Conditional I		potakao bih2	potakao bi2	potakao bi2	potakli bismo2	potakli biste2	potakli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih potakao2	bȉo bi potakao2	bȉo bi potakao2	bíli bismo potakli2	bíli biste potakli2	bíli bi potakli2
Imperative		—	potakni	—	potaknimo	potaknite	—
Active past participle		potakao m / potakla f / potaklo n			potakli m / potakle f / potakla n
Passive past participle		potaknut m / potaknuta f / potaknuto n			potaknuti m / potaknute f / potaknuta 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.

Related terms

• pòticati impf

Further reading

• “potaknuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024