stajati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stojati, see stȁti.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /stâjati/
• Hyphenation: sta‧ja‧ti

Verb

stȁjati impf (Cyrillic spelling ста̏јати)

1. (intransitive) to stop

Conjugation

Conjugation of stajati

infinitive		stajati
present verbal adverb		stȁjūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		stȁjānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		stȁjēm	stȁjēš	stȁjē	stȁjēmo	stȁjēte	stȁjū
future	future I	stȁjat ću1 stȁjaću	stȁjat ćeš1 stȁjaćeš	stȁjat će1 stȁjaće	stȁjat ćemo1 stȁjaćemo	stȁjat ćete1 stȁjaćete	stȁjat ćē1 stȁjaće
	future II	bȕdēm stȁjao2	bȕdēš stȁjao2	bȕdē stȁjao2	bȕdēmo stȁjali2	bȕdēte stȁjali2	bȕdū stȁjali2
past	perfect	stȁjao sam2	stȁjao si2	stȁjao je2	stȁjali smo2	stȁjali ste2	stȁjali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam stȁjao2	bȉo si stȁjao2	bȉo je stȁjao2	bíli smo stȁjali2	bíli ste stȁjali2	bíli su stȁjali2
	imperfect	stȁjāh	stȁjāše	stȁjāše	stȁjāsmo	stȁjāste	stȁjāhu stȁjāhū
conditional	conditional I	stȁjao bih2	stȁjao bi2	stȁjao bi2	stȁjali bismo2	stȁjali biste2	stȁjali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih stȁjao2	bȉo bi stȁjao2	bȉo bi stȁjao2	bíli bismo stȁjali2	bíli biste stȁjali2	bíli bi stȁjali2
imperative		—	(stȁji)	—	(stȁjimo)	(stȁjite)	—
active past participle		stȁjao m / stȁjala f / stȁjalo n			stȁjali m / stȁjale f / stȁjala 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

• nàstajati
• òstajati
• pòstajati
• prèstajati
• prìstajati
• ràstajati se
• sàstajati
• ùstajati
• zàstajati

Related terms

• stȁti pf

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /stǎjati/
• Hyphenation: sta‧ja‧ti

Verb

stàjati impf (Cyrillic spelling ста̀јати)

1. (intransitive) to stand still
2. (intransitive) to stand on one's feet
3. (by extension, intransitive, impersonal) to stand, stand to reason, hold (be currently, be valid or make sense)

   Ne slažem se s vama, ali stoji da je to problem za sve nas. ― I do not agree with you, but it does stand that it's a problem for all of us.

   Kako stvari stoje, oluja neće tako uskoro proći. ― As things stand, the storm won't pass so soon.

   Nikad nisam na to tako gledala, ali stoji! ― I never looked it at that way, but it makes sense!

4. (intransitive) to cost

   Ova haljina stoji 200 kuna. ― This dress costs 200 kunas.

5. (of clothing and accessories) to fit, suit (+ dative)

   Ta haljina ti loše stoji. ― That dress doesn't suit you very well.

6. (intransitive, regional) to reside

Conjugation

Conjugation of stȃti / stàjati

infinitive		stȃti / stàjati
present verbal adverb		stòjēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		stàjānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		stòjīm	stòjīš	stòjī	stòjīmo	stòjīte	stòjē
future	future I	stàjat ću1 stàjaću	stàjat ćeš1 stàjaćeš	stàjat će1 stàjaće	stàjat ćemo1 stàjaćemo	stàjat ćete1 stàjaćete	stàjat ćē1 stàjaće
	future II	bȕdēm stàjao2	bȕdēš stàjao2	bȕdē stàjao2	bȕdēmo stàjali2	bȕdēte stàjali2	bȕdū stàjali2
past	perfect	stàjao sam2	stàjao si2	stàjao je2	stàjali smo2	stàjali ste2	stàjali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam stàjao2	bȉo si stàjao2	bȉo je stàjao2	bíli smo stàjali2	bíli ste stàjali2	bíli su stàjali2
	imperfect	stàjāh	stàjāše	stàjāše	stàjāsmo	stàjāste	stàjāhu / stàjāhū
conditional	conditional I	stàjao bih2	stàjao bi2	stàjao bi2	stàjali bismo2	stàjali biste2	stàjali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih stàjao2	bȉo bi stàjao2	bȉo bi stàjao2	bíli bismo stàjali2	bíli biste stàjali2	bíli bi stàjali2
imperative		—	stȏj	—	stȏjmo	stȏjte	—
active past participle		stàjao m / stàjala f / stàjalo n			stàjali m / stàjale f / stàjala 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

• stȃti impf (alternative infinitive)

Further reading

• Josip Jedvaj, editor (1956–1958), “stàjati, stòjati, stòjim”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 16, Zagreb: JAZU, page 338