doznati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From do- +‎ znati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒznati/
  • Hyphenation: do‧zna‧ti

Verb

dòznati pf (Cyrillic spelling до̀знати, imperfective doznávati)

  1. (intransitive) to find out

Conjugation

Conjugation of doznati
infinitive doznati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb dòznāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present doznam doznaš dozna doznamo doznate doznaju
future future I doznat ću1
doznaću
doznat ćeš1
doznaćeš
doznat će1
doznaće
doznat ćemo1
doznaćemo
doznat ćete1
doznaćete
doznat ćē1
doznaće
future II bȕdēm doznao2 bȕdēš doznao2 bȕdē doznao2 bȕdēmo doznali2 bȕdēte doznali2 bȕdū doznali2
past perfect doznao sam2 doznao si2 doznao je2 doznali smo2 doznali ste2 doznali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam doznao2 bȉo si doznao2 bȉo je doznao2 bíli smo doznali2 bíli ste doznali2 bíli su doznali2
aorist doznah dozna dozna doznasmo doznaste doznaše
conditional conditional I doznao bih2 doznao bi2 doznao bi2 doznali bismo2 doznali biste2 doznali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih doznao2 bȉo bi doznao2 bȉo bi doznao2 bíli bismo doznali2 bíli biste doznali2 bíli bi doznali2
imperative doznaj doznajmo doznajte
active past participle doznao m / doznala f / doznalo n doznali m / doznale f / doznala 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

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