stupati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stǔːpati/
• Hyphenation: stu‧pa‧ti

Verb

stúpati impf (Cyrillic spelling сту́пати)

1. (intransitive) to step
2. (intransitive) to enter (service, relationship, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stupati

Infinitive: stupati		Present verbal adverb: stúpajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: stúpānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		stupam	stupaš	stupa	stupamo	stupate	stupaju
Future	Future I	stupat ću1 stupaću	stupat ćeš1 stupaćeš	stupat će1 stupaće	stupat ćemo1 stupaćemo	stupat ćete1 stupaćete	stupat će1 stupaće
	Future II	bȕdēm stupao2	bȕdēš stupao2	bȕdē stupao2	bȕdēmo stupali2	bȕdēte stupali2	bȕdū stupali2
Past	Perfect	stupao sam2	stupao si2	stupao je2	stupali smo2	stupali ste2	stupali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam stupao2	bȉo si stupao2	bȉo je stupao2	bíli smo stupali2	bíli ste stupali2	bíli su stupali2
	Imperfect	stupah	stupaše	stupaše	stupasmo	stupaste	stupahu
Conditional I		stupao bih2	stupao bi2	stupao bi2	stupali bismo2	stupali biste2	stupali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih stupao2	bȉo bi stupao2	bȉo bi stupao2	bíli bismo stupali2	bíli biste stupali2	bíli bi stupali2
Imperative		—	stupaj	—	stupajmo	stupajte	—
Active past participle		stupao m / stupala f / stupalo n			stupali m / stupale f / stupala 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.

Derived terms

• istúpati
• nastúpati
• odstúpati
• postúpati
• pristúpati
• ustúpati
• zastúpati

Related terms

• stúpiti pf