stati

(intransitive) to stop, halt
(intransitive) to rise onto one's feet
(intransitive) to cease an activity
(intransitive) (+ infinitive) to start, initiate

Stao je govoriti. — He started speaking.
(intransitive) to fit into a vessel, space etc.

Ne može stati! — It can't fit!

Conjugation of stati

Infinitive: stati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: stȃvši		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		stanem	staneš	stane	stanemo	stanete	stanu
Future	Future I	stat ću² staću	stat ćeš² staćeš	stat će² staće	stat ćemo² staćemo	stat ćete² staćete	stat će² staće
Future	Future II	budem stao¹	budeš stao¹	bude stao¹	budemo stali¹	budete stali¹	budu stali¹
Past	Perfect	stao sam¹	stao si¹	stao je¹	stali smo¹	stali ste¹	stali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam stao¹	bio si stao¹	bio je stao¹	bili smo stali¹	bili ste stali¹	bili su stali¹
	Aorist	stadoh / stah	stade / sta	stade / sta	stadosmo / stasmo	stadoste / stast	stadoše / staše
Conditional I		stao bih¹	stao bi¹	stao bi¹	stali bismo¹	stali biste¹	stali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih stao¹	bio bi stao¹	bio bi stao¹	bili bismo stali¹	bili biste stali¹	bili bi stali¹
Imperative		—	stani	—	stanimo	stanite	—
Active past participle		stao m / stala f / stalo n			stali m / stale f / stala n
¹ For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. ² Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

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