povoditi

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poʋǒditi/
• Hyphenation: po‧vo‧di‧ti

Verb

povòditi impf (Cyrillic spelling пово̀дити)

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 povoditi

Infinitive: povoditi		Present verbal adverb: pòvodēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pòvođēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		povodim	povodiš	povodi	povodimo	povodite	povode
Future	Future I	povodit ću1 povodiću	povodit ćeš1 povodićeš	povodit će1 povodiće	povodit ćemo1 povodićemo	povodit ćete1 povodićete	povodit će1 povodiće
	Future II	bȕdēm povodio2	bȕdēš povodio2	bȕdē povodio2	bȕdēmo povodili2	bȕdēte povodili2	bȕdū povodili2
Past	Perfect	povodio sam2	povodio si2	povodio je2	povodili smo2	povodili ste2	povodili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam povodio2	bȉo si povodio2	bȉo je povodio2	bíli smo povodili2	bíli ste povodili2	bíli su povodili2
	Imperfect	povođah	povođaše	povođaše	povođasmo	povođaste	povođahu
Conditional I		povodio bih2	povodio bi2	povodio bi2	povodili bismo2	povodili biste2	povodili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih povodio2	bȉo bi povodio2	bȉo bi povodio2	bíli bismo povodili2	bíli biste povodili2	bíli bi povodili2
Imperative		—	povodi	—	povodimo	povodite	—
Active past participle		povodio m / povodila f / povodilo n			povodili m / povodile f / povodila 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

• pòvesti pf