težiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těːʒiti/
• Hyphenation: te‧ži‧ti

Verb

téžiti impf (Cyrillic spelling те́жити)

1. (intransitive) to weigh
2. (intransitive) to gravitate, tend to
3. (intransitive) to strive, try, endeavor

Conjugation

Conjugation of težiti

Infinitive: težiti		Present verbal adverb: téžēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: téžēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		težim	težiš	teži	težimo	težite	teže
Future	Future I	težit ću1 težiću	težit ćeš1 težićeš	težit će1 težiće	težit ćemo1 težićemo	težit ćete1 težićete	težit će1 težiće
	Future II	bȕdēm težio2	bȕdēš težio2	bȕdē težio2	bȕdēmo težili2	bȕdēte težili2	bȕdū težili2
Past	Perfect	težio sam2	težio si2	težio je2	težili smo2	težili ste2	težili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam težio2	bȉo si težio2	bȉo je težio2	bíli smo težili2	bíli ste težili2	bíli su težili2
	Imperfect	težah	težaše	težaše	težasmo	težaste	težahu
Conditional I		težio bih2	težio bi2	težio bi2	težili bismo2	težili biste2	težili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih težio2	bȉo bi težio2	bȉo bi težio2	bíli bismo težili2	bíli biste težili2	bíli bi težili2
Imperative		—	teži	—	težimo	težite	—
Active past participle		težio m / težila f / težilo n			težili m / težile f / težila 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

• težak

Further reading

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