учити

See also: оучити

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *učiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔt͡ʃiti/
• Hyphenation: у‧чи‧ти

Verb

у̀чити impf (Latin spelling ùčiti)

1. (ambitransitive) to teach, instruct, educate
2. (intransitive) to learn, study

Conjugation

Conjugation of учити

infinitive		учити
present verbal adverb		у̀че̄ћи
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		у̀че̄ње
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		учим	учиш	учи	учимо	учите	уче
future	future I	учит ћу1 учићу	учит ћеш1 учићеш	учит ће1 учиће	учит ћемо1 учићемо	учит ћете1 учићете	учит ће̄1 учићē
	future II	бу̏де̄м учио2	бу̏де̄ш учио2	бу̏де̄ учио2	бу̏де̄мо учили2	бу̏де̄те учили2	бу̏дӯ учили2
past	perfect	учио сам2	учио си2	учио је2	учили смо2	учили сте2	учили су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам учио2	би̏о си учио2	би̏о је учио2	би́ли смо учили2	би́ли сте учили2	би́ли су учили2
	imperfect	учах	учаше	учаше	учасмо	участе	учаху
conditional	conditional I	учио бих2	учио би2	учио би2	учили бисмо2	учили бисте2	учили би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих учио2	би̏о би учио2	би̏о би учио2	би́ли бисмо учили2	би́ли бисте учили2	би́ли би учили2
imperative		—	учи	—	учимо	учите	—
active past participle		учио m / учила f / учило n			учили m / училе f / учила n
passive past participle		учен m / учена f / учено n			учени m / учене f / учена 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.

Derived terms

• изу̀чити
• нау̀чити
• оду̀чити
• поду̀чити
• поу̀чити
• приу̀чити
• проу̀чити

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• вчи́ти (včýty)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁owkéyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *auˀkīˀtei

Proto-Slavic *učiti

Ukrainian учити

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *učiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈt͡ʃɪte]

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Verb

учи́ти • (učýty) impf

1. to teach (with person in accusative case + noun in genitive case or + infinitive)

   Synonym: навча́ти impf (navčáty)

   Вона́ учи́ть мене́ англі́йської. ― Voná učýtʹ mené anhlíjsʹkoji. ― She teaches me English.

2. to learn

   Synonyms: учи́тися impf (učýtysja), вивча́ти impf (vyvčáty), навча́тися impf (navčátysja)

Usage notes

• The forms учи́ти (učýty) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and вчи́ти (včýty) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Conjugation

Conjugation of учи́ти, учи́ть (class 4b, imperfective, transitive)

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

imperfective aspect
infinitive	учи́ти, учи́ть učýty, učýtʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	уче́ний učényj impersonal: уче́но učéno
adverbial	учачи́ učačý	учи́вши učývšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	учу́ učú	учи́тиму učýtymu
2nd singular ти	учи́ш učýš	учи́тимеш učýtymeš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	учи́ть učýtʹ	учи́тиме učýtyme
1st plural ми	учимо́, учи́м učymó, učým	учи́тимемо, учи́тимем učýtymemo, učýtymem
2nd plural ви	учите́ učyté	учи́тимете učýtymete
3rd plural вони	уча́ть učátʹ	учи́тимуть učýtymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	учі́мо, учі́м učímo, učím
second-person	учи́ učý	учі́ть, учі́те učítʹ, učíte
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	учи́в učýv	учи́ли učýly
feminine я / ти / вона	учи́ла učýla
neuter воно	учи́ло učýlo
compound tenses	construction	example
future1 (will do X)	Future conjugation of бути + infinitive	він бу́де учи́ти vin búde učýty
past perfect (had done X)	Past conjugation of бути + past tense	він був учи́в vin buv učýv
conditional (would do X)	би + past tense	він би учи́в vin by učýv

¹Can only be formed with an imperfective verb.

Derived terms

• уче́ний (učényj)
• уче́ння n (učénnja)
• учи́тися impf (učýtysja)

Prefixed verbs

• научи́ти pf (naučýty)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “учити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “учити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “учити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “учити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]