govoriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorìti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoʋǒriti/
  • Hyphenation: go‧vo‧ri‧ti

Verb

govòriti impf (Cyrillic spelling гово̀рити)

  1. (ambitransitive) to speak, talk, converse
    govoriti engleski ― to speak English
    govoriti s nekim ― to speak with somebody
    govoriti polako ― to speak slowly
  2. (ambitransitive) to tell, say
    govori se ― people say, it is said
    Ne znaš što govoriš. ― You don't know what you're saying.

Conjugation

Conjugation of govoriti
infinitive govoriti
present verbal adverb govòrēći
past verbal adverb —
verbal noun govòrēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present govorim govoriš govori govorimo govorite govore
future future I govorit ću1
govoriću 		govorit ćeš1
govorićeš 		govorit će1
govoriće 		govorit ćemo1
govorićemo 		govorit ćete1
govorićete 		govorit ćē1
govoriće
future II bȕdēm govorio2 bȕdēš govorio2 bȕdē govorio2 bȕdēmo govorili2 bȕdēte govorili2 bȕdū govorili2
past perfect govorio sam2 govorio si2 govorio je2 govorili smo2 govorili ste2 govorili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam govorio2 bȉo si govorio2 bȉo je govorio2 bíli smo govorili2 bíli ste govorili2 bíli su govorili2
imperfect govorah govoraše govoraše govorasmo govoraste govorahu
conditional conditional I govorio bih2 govorio bi2 govorio bi2 govorili bismo2 govorili biste2 govorili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih govorio2 bȉo bi govorio2 bȉo bi govorio2 bíli bismo govorili2 bíli biste govorili2 bíli bi govorili2
imperative — govori — govorimo govorite —
active past participle govorio m / govorila f / govorilo n govorili m / govorile f / govorila n
passive past participle govoren m / govorena f / govoreno n govoreni m / govorene f / govorena 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govoriti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔʋɔrìːti/, /ɡɔʋɔríːti/

Verb

govorīti impf

  1. to speak
    Moja sestra ne govori špansko, temveč govori portugalsko in katalonsko.
    My sister doesn't speak Spanish, but she speaks Portuguese and Catalan.

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive govorīti
1st singular govorím
infinitive govorīti govórit, govorȋt, govorȉt
supine govórit, govorȋt
verbal noun govorjénje
participle converb
present govorȅč —
past govorjȅn —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular govọ̑rił govoríla govorȋlo
dual govorȋla govorȋli govorȋli
plural govorȋli govorȋle govorȋla
present imperative
1st singular govorím —
2nd singular govoríš govóri
3rd singular govorí —
1st dual govoríva govorȋva
2nd dual govoríta govorȋta
3rd dual govoríta —
1st plural govorímo govorȋmo
2nd plural govoríte govorȋte
3rd plural govoríjo —

Derived terms

Further reading

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