зачети

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɐt͡ʃɛˈti]

Verb

зачети́ • (začetí)

1. second-person singular imperative of зачета́ (začetá)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎt͡ʃeːti/
• Hyphenation: за‧че‧ти

Verb

за̀че̄ти pf (Latin spelling zàčēti)

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 зачети

infinitive		зачети
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		за̀че̄вши
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		зачнем	зачнеш	зачне	зачнемо	зачнете	зачну
future	future I	зачет ћу1 зачећу	зачет ћеш1 зачећеш	зачет ће1 зачеће	зачет ћемо1 зачећемо	зачет ћете1 зачећете	зачет ће̄1 зачеће
	future II	бу̏де̄м зачео2	бу̏де̄ш зачео2	бу̏де̄ зачео2	бу̏де̄мо зачели2	бу̏де̄те зачели2	бу̏дӯ зачели2
past	perfect	зачео сам2	зачео си2	зачео је2	зачели смо2	зачели сте2	зачели су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам зачео2	би̏о си зачео2	би̏о је зачео2	би́ли смо зачели2	би́ли сте зачели2	би́ли су зачели2
	aorist	зачех	заче	заче	зачесмо	зачесте	зачеше
conditional	conditional I	зачео бих2	зачео би2	зачео би2	зачели бисмо2	зачели бисте2	зачели би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих зачео2	би̏о би зачео2	би̏о би зачео2	би́ли бисмо зачели2	би́ли бисте зачели2	би́ли би зачели2
imperative		—	зачни	—	зачнимо	зачните	—
active past participle		зачео m / зачела f / зачело n			зачели m / зачеле f / зачела n
passive past participle		зачет m / зачета f / зачето n			зачети m / зачете f / зачета 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

• за̀чињати impf

Further reading

• “зачети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026