začinjati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zǎt͡ʃiɲati/
Hyphenation: za‧či‧nja‧ti

Verb

zàčinjati impf (Cyrillic spelling за̀чињати)

(transitive) to conceive (become pregnant)
(transitive) to conceive (develop an idea)
(transitive, archaic) to start, begin, commence
(reflexive) to become, develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of začinjati

Infinitive: začinjati		Present verbal adverb: zàčinjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: zàčinjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		začinjem	začinješ	začinje	začinjemo	začinjete	začinju
Future	Future I	začinjat ću¹ začinjaću	začinjat ćeš¹ začinjaćeš	začinjat će¹ začinjaće	začinjat ćemo¹ začinjaćemo	začinjat ćete¹ začinjaćete	začinjat će¹ začinjaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm začinjao²	bȕdēš začinjao²	bȕdē začinjao²	bȕdēmo začinjali²	bȕdēte začinjali²	bȕdū začinjali²
Past	Perfect	začinjao sam²	začinjao si²	začinjao je²	začinjali smo²	začinjali ste²	začinjali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam začinjao²	bȉo si začinjao²	bȉo je začinjao²	bíli smo začinjali²	bíli ste začinjali²	bíli su začinjali²
	Imperfect	začinjah	začinjaše	začinjaše	začinjasmo	začinjaste	začinjahu
Conditional I		začinjao bih²	začinjao bi²	začinjao bi²	začinjali bismo²	začinjali biste²	začinjali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih začinjao²	bȉo bi začinjao²	bȉo bi začinjao²	bíli bismo začinjali²	bíli biste začinjali²	bíli bi začinjali²
Imperative		—	začinji	—	začinjimo	začinjite	—
Active past participle		začinjao m / začinjala f / začinjalo n			začinjali m / začinjale f / začinjala n
Passive past participle		začinjan m / začinjana f / začinjano n			začinjani m / začinjane f / začinjana 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.

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zàčēti pf

Serbo-Croatian

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