živjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐːʋjeti/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vje‧ti

Verb

žívjeti impf (Cyrillic spelling жи́вјети)

  1. (intransitive) to live, exist, be alive
    Živjeti nije ugodno, ali je zanimljivo ― To live is not pleasant, but it is interesting.
  2. (intransitive) to dwell, reside

Conjugation

Conjugation of živjeti
infinitive živjeti
present verbal adverb žívēći
past verbal adverb —
verbal noun žívljēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present živim živiš živi živimo živite žive
future future I živjet ću1
živjeću 		živjet ćeš1
živjećeš 		živjet će1
živjeće 		živjet ćemo1
živjećemo 		živjet ćete1
živjećete 		živjet ćē1
živjeće
future II bȕdēm živio2 bȕdēš živio2 bȕdē živio2 bȕdēmo živjeli2 bȕdēte živjeli2 bȕdū živjeli2
past perfect živio sam2 živio si2 živio je2 živjeli smo2 živjeli ste2 živjeli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam živio2 bȉo si živio2 bȉo je živio2 bíli smo živjeli2 bíli ste živjeli2 bíli su živjeli2
imperfect življah življaše življaše življasmo življaste življahu
conditional conditional I živio bih2 živio bi2 živio bi2 živjeli bismo2 živjeli biste2 živjeli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih živio2 bȉo bi živio2 bȉo bi živio2 bíli bismo živjeli2 bíli biste živjeli2 bíli bi živjeli2
imperative — živi — živimo živite —
active past participle živio m / živjela f / živjelo n živjeli m / živjele f / živjela 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

Further reading

  • “živjeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “živjeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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