znati

See also: znáti and знати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źnṓˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /znâti/
• Hyphenation: zna‧ti

Verb

znȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling зна̏ти)

1. (ambitransitive) to know (some information)

   Znam da si alergičan na mačke. ― I know that you are allergic to cats.

   Reci mi da znam ― Tell me so that I Know (song by Vlado Georgiev)

2. (ambitransitive) to know, to be familiar with (someone)

   Znam te najbolje ― I Know you the Best (song by Vlado Georgiev)

3. (transitive) to be privy to (a secret)
4. (transitive) to be versed in, to be familiar with (a skill)

Conjugation

Conjugation of znati

infinitive		znati
present verbal adverb		znȁjūći / znádūći
past verbal adverb		znȃvši
verbal noun		znánje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		znȃm / znádēm / znȁdnēm	znȃš / znádēš / znȁdnēš	znȃ / znádē / znȁdnē	známo / znádēmo / znȁdnēmo	znáte / znádēte / znȁdnēte	znȁjū / znádū / znȁdnū
future	future I	znȁt ću1 znȁću	znȁt ćeš1 znȁćeš	znȁt će1 znȁće	znȁt ćemo1 znȁćemo	znȁt ćete1 znȁćete	znȁt ćē1 znȁćē
	future II	bȕdēm znȁo2	bȕdēš znȁo2	bȕdē znȁo2	bȕdēmo znȁli2	bȕdēte znȁli2	bȕdū znȁli2
past	perfect	znȁo sam2	znȁo si2	znȁo je2	znȁli smo2	znȁli ste2	znȁli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam znȁo2	bȉo si znȁo2	bȉo je znȁo2	bíli smo znȁli2	bíli ste znȁli2	bíli su znȁli2
	aorist	znȁh / znȁdoh	znȁ / znȁde	znȁ / znȁde	znȁsmo / znȁdosmo	znȁste / znȁdoste	znȁše / znȁdoše
	imperfect	znȃh / znàdijāh / znȁđāh	znȃše / znàdijāše / znȁđāše	znȃše / znàdijāše / znȁđāše	znȃsmo / znàdijāsmo / znȁđāsmo	znȃste / znàdijāste / znȁđāste	znȃhu / znàdijāhu / znȁđāhu
conditional	conditional I	znȁo bih2	znȁo bi2	znȁo bi2	znȁli bismo2	znȁli biste2	znȁli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih znȁo2	bȉo bi znȁo2	bȉo bi znȁo2	bíli bismo znȁli2	bíli biste znȁli2	bíli bi znȁli2
imperative		—	znȃj / znȁdi	—	znȃjmo / znȁdimo	znȃjte / znȁdite	—
active past participle		znȁo m / znȁla f / znȁlo n			znȁli m / znȁle f / znȁla n
passive past participle		znȃn m / znȃna f / znȃni n			znȃni m / znȃne f / znȃna 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

• dòznati (“to find out”)
• pòznati (“to know, have knowledge of; to recognize, make out”)
• prepòznati (“to recognize”)
• prìznati (“to acknowledge, recognize; to own, confess; to admit; to concede the claim; to appreciate; to plead guilty”)
• raspòznati (“to tell apart, recognize, discern, make out”)
• razàznati (“to distinguish, make out, differentiate”)
• sàznati (“to find out, come to know”)
• spòznati (“to comprehend, conceive; to become aware or cognizant of; to learn”)
• upòznati (“to get acquainted with; to meet, get introduced to; to learn; to experience”)
• znánac m (“acquaintance”)
• znȁnōst f (“science”)
• znánje n (“knowledge”)

Further reading

• “znati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /znàːti/

Verb

znáti impf

1. to know
2. can, to be able to

Usage notes

While znati and moči are verbs and both mean "to be able to", lahko is an adverb and means "can, to be allowed to".

Conjugation

-ati -am (AP a)
infinitive	znáti
1st singular	znȃm
infinitive	znáti			znȁt
supine	znȁt
verbal noun	znȃnje
	participle			converb
present	znajọ̄č			—
past	znán			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	znȁł		znála		ználo
dual	znála		ználi		ználi
plural	ználi		znále		znála
	present			imperative
1st singular	znȃm			—
2nd singular	znȃš			znȁj
3rd singular	znȃ			—
1st dual	znȃva			znȃjva
2nd dual	znȃta			znȃjta
3rd dual	znȃta			—
1st plural	znȃmo			znȃjmo
2nd plural	znȃte			znȃjte
3rd plural	znȃjo			—

Derived terms

• poznáti
• priznáti
• zaznáti

Further reading

• “znati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “znati”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references