vrtjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vr̀teti (Ekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьrtěti, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋřtjeti/
• Hyphenation: vr‧tje‧ti

Verb

vr̀tjeti impf (Cyrillic spelling вр̀тјети)

1. (transitive) to turn (move around an axis through itself)
2. (intransitive, with instrumental) to shake
3. (reflexive) to spin
4. (reflexive) to fidget, squirm

Conjugation

Conjugation of vrtjeti

Infinitive: vrtjeti		Present verbal adverb: vr̀tēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: vr̀ćēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		vrtim	vrtiš	vrti	vrtimo	vrtite	vrte
Future	Future I	vrtjet ću1 vrtjeću	vrtjet ćeš1 vrtjećeš	vrtjet će1 vrtjeće	vrtjet ćemo1 vrtjećemo	vrtjet ćete1 vrtjećete	vrtjet će1 vrtjeće
	Future II	bȕdēm vrtio2	bȕdēš vrtio2	bȕdē vrtio2	bȕdēmo vrtjeli2	bȕdēte vrtjeli2	bȕdū vrtjeli2
Past	Perfect	vrtio sam2	vrtio si2	vrtio je2	vrtjeli smo2	vrtjeli ste2	vrtjeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam vrtio2	bȉo si vrtio2	bȉo je vrtio2	bíli smo vrtjeli2	bíli ste vrtjeli2	bíli su vrtjeli2
	Imperfect	vrćah	vrćaše	vrćaše	vrćasmo	vrćaste	vrćahu
Conditional I		vrtio bih2	vrtio bi2	vrtio bi2	vrtjeli bismo2	vrtjeli biste2	vrtjeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih vrtio2	bȉo bi vrtio2	bȉo bi vrtio2	bíli bismo vrtjeli2	bíli biste vrtjeli2	bíli bi vrtjeli2
Imperative		—	vrti	—	vrtimo	vrtite	—
Active past participle		vrtio m / vrtjela f / vrtjelo n			vrtjeli m / vrtjele f / vrtjela n
Passive past participle		vrćen m / vrćena f / vrćeno n			vrćeni m / vrćene f / vrćena 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

• izvr̀tjeti
• odvr̀tjeti
• provr̀tjeti
• uvr̀tjeti
• uzvr̀tjeti
• zavr̀tjeti