začinjati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zǎt͡ʃiɲati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧či‧nja‧ti

Verb

zàčinjati impf (Cyrillic spelling за̀чињати)

  1. (transitive) to conceive (become pregnant)
  2. (transitive) to conceive (develop an idea)
  3. (transitive, archaic) to start, begin, commence
  4. (reflexive) to become, develop

Conjugation
Conjugation of začinjati
Infinitive: začinjati Present verbal adverb: zàčinjūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: zàčinjānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present začinjem začinješ začinje začinjemo začinjete začinju
Future Future I začinjat ću1
začinjaću		 začinjat ćeš1
začinjaćeš		 začinjat će1
začinjaće		 začinjat ćemo1
začinjaćemo		 začinjat ćete1
začinjaćete		 začinjat će1
začinjaće
Future II bȕdēm začinjao2 bȕdēš začinjao2 bȕdē začinjao2 bȕdēmo začinjali2 bȕdēte začinjali2 bȕdū začinjali2
Past Perfect začinjao sam2 začinjao si2 začinjao je2 začinjali smo2 začinjali ste2 začinjali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam začinjao2 bȉo si začinjao2 bȉo je začinjao2 bíli smo začinjali2 bíli ste začinjali2 bíli su začinjali2
Imperfect začinjah začinjaše začinjaše začinjasmo začinjaste začinjahu
Conditional I začinjao bih2 začinjao bi2 začinjao bi2 začinjali bismo2 začinjali biste2 začinjali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih začinjao2 bȉo bi začinjao2 bȉo bi začinjao2 bíli bismo začinjali2 bíli biste začinjali2 bíli bi začinjali2
Imperative — začinji — začinjimo začinjite —
Active past participle začinjao m / začinjala f / začinjalo n začinjali m / začinjale f / začinjala n
Passive past participle začinjan m / začinjana f / začinjano n začinjani m / začinjane f / začinjana 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.

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