prostreti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prosterti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prǒstreːti/
Hyphenation: pro‧stre‧ti

Verb

pròstrēti pf (Cyrillic spelling про̀стре̄ти)

(transitive) to spread, lay (on the surface of something, e.g. tablecloth, bedsheet, etc.)
(reflexive) to stretch, extend

Conjugation

Conjugation of prostreti

Infinitive: prostreti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pròstrēvši		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		prostrem	prostreš	prostre	prostremo	prostrete	prostru
Future	Future I	prostret ću¹ prostreću	prostret ćeš¹ prostrećeš	prostret će¹ prostreće	prostret ćemo¹ prostrećemo	prostret ćete¹ prostrećete	prostret će¹ prostreće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm prostro²	bȕdēš prostro²	bȕdē prostro²	bȕdēmo prostrli²	bȕdēte prostrli²	bȕdū prostrli²
Past	Perfect	prostro sam²	prostro si²	prostro je²	prostrli smo²	prostrli ste²	prostrli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam prostro²	bȉo si prostro²	bȉo je prostro²	bíli smo prostrli²	bíli ste prostrli²	bíli su prostrli²
	Aorist	prostreh	prostre	prostre	prostresmo	prostreste	prostreše
Conditional I		prostro bih²	prostro bi²	prostro bi²	prostrli bismo²	prostrli biste²	prostrli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih prostro²	bȉo bi prostro²	bȉo bi prostro²	bíli bismo prostrli²	bíli biste prostrli²	bíli bi prostrli²
Imperative		—	prostri	—	prostarimo	prostarite	—
Active past participle		prostro m / prostrla f / prostrlo n			prostrli m / prostrle f / prostrla n
Passive past participle		prostrt m / prostrta f / prostrto n			prostrti m / prostrte f / prostrta 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

pròstirati impf

References

“prostreti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024