povesti

See also: povești

Romanian

Etymology

From poveste.

Verb

a povesti (third-person singular present povestește, past participle povestit) 4th conjugation

1. to tell a story

Conjugation

    conjugation of povesti (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a povesti
gerund			povestind
past participle			povestit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	povestesc	povestești	povestește	povestim	povestiți	povestesc
	imperfect	povesteam	povesteai	povestea	povesteam	povesteați	povesteau
	simple perfect	povestii	povestiși	povesti	povestirăm	povestirăți	povestiră
	pluperfect	povestisem	povestiseși	povestise	povestiserăm	povestiserăți	povestiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să povestesc	să povestești	să povestească	să povestim	să povestiți	să povestească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		povestește			povestiți
	negative		nu povesti			nu povestiți

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒʋesti/
• Hyphenation: po‧ve‧sti

Verb

pòvesti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вести)

1. (transitive) to lead
2. (transitive) to initiate, begin
3. (intransitive) to take the lead
4. (reflexive) to go along with, imitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of povesti

infinitive		povesti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		pòvēvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		povedem	povedeš	povede	povedemo	povedete	povedu
future	future I	povest ću1 povešću	povest ćeš1 povešćeš	povest će1 povešće	povest ćemo1 povešćemo	povest ćete1 povešćete	povest ćē1 povešće
	future II	bȕdēm poveo2	bȕdēš poveo2	bȕdē poveo2	bȕdēmo poveli2	bȕdēte poveli2	bȕdū poveli2
past	perfect	poveo sam2	poveo si2	poveo je2	poveli smo2	poveli ste2	poveli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam poveo2	bȉo si poveo2	bȉo je poveo2	bíli smo poveli2	bíli ste poveli2	bíli su poveli2
	aorist	povedoh	povede	povede	povedosmo	povedoste	povedoše
conditional	conditional I	poveo bih2	poveo bi2	poveo bi2	poveli bismo2	poveli biste2	poveli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih poveo2	bȉo bi poveo2	bȉo bi poveo2	bíli bismo poveli2	bíli biste poveli2	bíli bi poveli2
imperative		—	povedi	—	povedimo	povedite	—
active past participle		poveo m / povela f / povelo n			poveli m / povele f / povela n
passive past participle		poveden m / povedena f / povedeno n			povedeni m / povedene f / povedena 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

• povòditi impf