dovoditi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dovoditi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doʋǒditi/
  • Hyphenation: do‧vo‧di‧ti

Verb

dovòditi impf (Cyrillic spelling дово̀дити)

  1. (transitive) to bring, lead, take someone somewhere

Conjugation

Conjugation of dovoditi
infinitive dovoditi
present verbal adverb dòvodēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun dòvođēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present dovodim dovodiš dovodi dovodimo dovodite dovode
future future I dovodit ću1
dovodiću
dovodit ćeš1
dovodićeš
dovodit će1
dovodiće
dovodit ćemo1
dovodićemo
dovodit ćete1
dovodićete
dovodit ćē1
dovodiće
future II bȕdēm dovodio2 bȕdēš dovodio2 bȕdē dovodio2 bȕdēmo dovodili2 bȕdēte dovodili2 bȕdū dovodili2
past perfect dovodio sam2 dovodio si2 dovodio je2 dovodili smo2 dovodili ste2 dovodili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam dovodio2 bȉo si dovodio2 bȉo je dovodio2 bíli smo dovodili2 bíli ste dovodili2 bíli su dovodili2
imperfect dovođah dovođaše dovođaše dovođasmo dovođaste dovođahu
conditional conditional I dovodio bih2 dovodio bi2 dovodio bi2 dovodili bismo2 dovodili biste2 dovodili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih dovodio2 bȉo bi dovodio2 bȉo bi dovodio2 bíli bismo dovodili2 bíli biste dovodili2 bíli bi dovodili2
imperative dovodi dovodimo dovodite
active past participle dovodio m / dovodila f / dovodilo n dovodili m / dovodile f / dovodila n
passive past participle dovođen m / dovođena f / dovođeno n dovođeni m / dovođene f / dovođena 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.

Further reading

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