preostati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

pre- +‎ ostati

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preǒstati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧o‧sta‧ti

Verb

preòstati pf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀стати)

1. (intransitive) to remain, be left over

Conjugation

Conjugation of preostati

Infinitive: preostati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: preòstāvši		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		preostanem	preostaneš	preostane	preostanemo	preostanete	preostanu
Future	Future I	preostat ću1 preostaću	preostat ćeš1 preostaćeš	preostat će1 preostaće	preostat ćemo1 preostaćemo	preostat ćete1 preostaćete	preostat će1 preostaće
	Future II	bȕdēm preostao2	bȕdēš preostao2	bȕdē preostao2	bȕdēmo preostali2	bȕdēte preostali2	bȕdū preostali2
Past	Perfect	preostao sam2	preostao si2	preostao je2	preostali smo2	preostali ste2	preostali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam preostao2	bȉo si preostao2	bȉo je preostao2	bíli smo preostali2	bíli ste preostali2	bíli su preostali2
	Aorist	preostadoh	preostade	preostade	preostadosmo	preostadoste	preostadoše
Conditional I		preostao bih2	preostao bi2	preostao bi2	preostali bismo2	preostali biste2	preostali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih preostao2	bȉo bi preostao2	bȉo bi preostao2	bíli bismo preostali2	bíli biste preostali2	bíli bi preostali2
Imperative		—	preostani	—	preostanimo	preostanite	—
Active past participle		preostao m / preostala f / preostalo n			preostali m / preostale f / preostala 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

• preòstajati impf