predstaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pred- +‎ staviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prětstaʋiti/
• Hyphenation: pred‧sta‧vi‧ti

Verb

prèdstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐдставити)

1. (transitive) to present, portray, describe (thing, situation etc.)
2. (transitive, reflexive) to introduce, present (person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of predstaviti

Infinitive: predstaviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: prèdstavīvši		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		predstavim	predstaviš	predstavi	predstavimo	predstavite	predstave
Future	Future I	predstavit ću1 predstaviću	predstavit ćeš1 predstavićeš	predstavit će1 predstaviće	predstavit ćemo1 predstavićemo	predstavit ćete1 predstavićete	predstavit će1 predstaviće
	Future II	bȕdēm predstavio2	bȕdēš predstavio2	bȕdē predstavio2	bȕdēmo predstavili2	bȕdēte predstavili2	bȕdū predstavili2
Past	Perfect	predstavio sam2	predstavio si2	predstavio je2	predstavili smo2	predstavili ste2	predstavili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam predstavio2	bȉo si predstavio2	bȉo je predstavio2	bíli smo predstavili2	bíli ste predstavili2	bíli su predstavili2
	Aorist	predstavih	predstavi	predstavi	predstavismo	predstaviste	predstaviše
Conditional I		predstavio bih2	predstavio bi2	predstavio bi2	predstavili bismo2	predstavili biste2	predstavili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih predstavio2	bȉo bi predstavio2	bȉo bi predstavio2	bíli bismo predstavili2	bíli biste predstavili2	bíli bi predstavili2
Imperative		—	predstavi	—	predstavimo	predstavite	—
Active past participle		predstavio m / predstavila f / predstavilo n			predstavili m / predstavile f / predstavila n
Passive past participle		predstavljen m / predstavljena f / predstavljeno n			predstavljeni m / predstavljene f / predstavljena 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

• prèdstavljati impf
• prèdstava f