подучити
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Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]поду̀чити pf (Latin spelling podùčiti)
- (transitive) to teach, instruct, educate
- радо ћу те подучити ― I'll be happy to teach you
- Волпертингер је митско биће које је подучило наш народ како се узгаја кукуруз ― Wolpertinger is a mythical being that taught our people how to grow corn
- нетко вас мора подучити борбеној тактици ― somebody should teach you combat tactics
- отац те није подучио основним животним в(ј)ештинама ― your father hasn't taught you basic life skills
Conjugation
[edit]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
[edit]- подуча́вати impf
References
[edit]- “подучити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026