sresti
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sъrěsti, *sъresti, cognate with Bulgarian срещам (sreštam), Russian встречать (vstrečatʹ), Slovenian srečati. Compare srȅća (“luck, fortune”).
Pronunciation
Verb
srȅsti pf (Cyrillic spelling сре̏сти)
- (transitive, reflexive) to encounter, meet
Conjugation
Conjugation of sresti
Infinitive: sresti | Present verbal adverb: — | Past verbal adverb: srȇvši | Verbal noun: — | ||||
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Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
Present | sretnem | sretneš | sretne | sretnemo | sretnete | sretnu | |
Future | Future I | srest ću1 srešću |
srest ćeš1 srešćeš |
srest će1 srešće |
srest ćemo1 srešćemo |
srest ćete1 srešćete |
srest će1 srešće |
Future II | bȕdēm sreo2 | bȕdēš sreo2 | bȕdē sreo2 | bȕdēmo sreli2 | bȕdēte sreli2 | bȕdū sreli2 | |
Past | Perfect | sreo sam2 | sreo si2 | sreo je2 | sreli smo2 | sreli ste2 | sreli su2 |
Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam sreo2 | bȉo si sreo2 | bȉo je sreo2 | bíli smo sreli2 | bíli ste sreli2 | bíli su sreli2 | |
Aorist | sretoh | srete | srete | sretosmo | sretoste | sretoše | |
Conditional I | sreo bih2 | sreo bi2 | sreo bi2 | sreli bismo2 | sreli biste2 | sreli bi2 | |
Conditional II4 | bȉo bih sreo2 | bȉo bi sreo2 | bȉo bi sreo2 | bíli bismo sreli2 | bíli biste sreli2 | bíli bi sreli2 | |
Imperative | — | sretni | — | sretnimo | sretnite | — | |
Active past participle | sreo m / srela f / srelo n | sreli m / srele f / srela 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.
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