povesti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒʋesti/
• Hyphenation: po‧ve‧sti

Verb

pòvesti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вести)

1. (transitive) to lead
2. (transitive) to initiate, begin
3. (intransitive) to take the lead
4. (reflexive) to go along with, imitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of povesti

Infinitive: povesti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòvēvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		povedem	povedeš	povede	povedemo	povedete	povedu
Future	Future I	povest ću1 povešću	povest ćeš1 povešćeš	povest će1 povešće	povest ćemo1 povešćemo	povest ćete1 povešćete	povest će1 povešće
	Future II	bȕdēm poveo2	bȕdēš poveo2	bȕdē poveo2	bȕdēmo poveli2	bȕdēte poveli2	bȕdū poveli2
Past	Perfect	poveo sam2	poveo si2	poveo je2	poveli smo2	poveli ste2	poveli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam poveo2	bȉo si poveo2	bȉo je poveo2	bíli smo poveli2	bíli ste poveli2	bíli su poveli2
	Aorist	povedoh	povede	povede	povedosmo	povedoste	povedoše
Conditional I		poveo bih2	poveo bi2	poveo bi2	poveli bismo2	poveli biste2	poveli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih poveo2	bȉo bi poveo2	bȉo bi poveo2	bíli bismo poveli2	bíli biste poveli2	bíli bi poveli2
Imperative		—	povedi	—	povedimo	povedite	—
Active past participle		poveo m / povela f / povelo n			poveli m / povele f / povela n
Passive past participle		poveden m / povedena f / povedeno n			povedeni m / povedene f / povedena 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

• povòditi impf