постати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From по- +‎ стати.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒstati/
• Hyphenation: по‧ста‧ти

Verb

по̀стати pf (Latin spelling pòstati)

1. (transitive) to become, turn

   Кад одрастем, постаћу славна. — When I grow up, I'll become famous.

2. (intransitive) to develop, originate

   Сва жива материја је постала од неживе. — All the animate matter has developed from the inanimate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of постати

infinitive		постати
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		по̀ста̄вши
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		постанем	постанеш	постане	постанемо	постанете	постану
future	future I	постат ћу1 постаћу	постат ћеш1 постаћеш	постат ће1 постаће	постат ћемо1 постаћемо	постат ћете1 постаћете	постат ћē1 постаће
	future II	бу̏де̄м постао2	бу̏де̄ш постао2	бу̏де̄ постао2	бу̏де̄мо постали2	бу̏де̄те постали2	бу̏дӯ постали2
past	perfect	постао сам2	постао си2	постао је2	постали смо2	постали сте2	постали су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам постао2	би̏о си постао2	би̏о је постао2	би́ли смо постали2	би́ли сте постали2	би́ли су постали2
	aorist	постах / постадох	поста / постаде	поста / постаде	постасмо / постадосмо	постасте / постадосте	посташе / постадоше
conditional	conditional I	постао бих2	постао би2	постао би2	постали бисмо2	постали бисте2	постали би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих постао2	би̏о би постао2	би̏о би постао2	би́ли бисмо постали2	би́ли бисте постали2	би́ли би постали2
imperative		—	постани	—	постанимо	постаните	—
active past participle		постао m / постала f / постало n			постали m / постале f / постала 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

• по̀стајати impf

Ukrainian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ ста́ти pf (státy)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈstate]

• Audio:

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Verb

поста́ти • (postáty) pf (imperfective постава́ти)

1. (intransitive) to arise, to crop up, to appear

   Synonyms: ви́никнути pf (výnyknuty), з'яви́тися impf (zʺjavýtysja)

Conjugation

Conjugation of поста́ти, поста́ть (class 15a, perfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	поста́ти, поста́ть postáty, postátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	поста́лий postályj
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	поста́вши postávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	—
2nd singular ти	—	—
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	поста́не postáne
1st plural ми	—	—
2nd plural ви	—	—
3rd plural вони	—	поста́нуть postánutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	—
second-person	—	—
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	поста́в postáv	поста́ли postály
feminine я / ти / вона	поста́ла postála
neuter воно	поста́ло postálo

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “постати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “постати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “постати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “постати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)