nalaziti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- +‎ laziti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎlaziti/
  • Hyphenation: na‧la‧zi‧ti

Verb

nàlaziti impf (Cyrillic spelling на̀лазити)

  1. (transitive) to find, discover
  2. (reflexive) to meet
    Nalazimo li se večeras?Are we meeting up tonight?
  3. (reflexive) to find oneself
  4. (reflexive) to be located

Conjugation

Conjugation of nalaziti
infinitive nalaziti
present verbal adverb nàlazēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun nàlažēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present nalazim nalaziš nalazi nalazimo nalazite nalaze
future future I nalazit ću1
nalaziću
nalazit ćeš1
nalazićeš
nalazit će1
nalaziće
nalazit ćemo1
nalazićemo
nalazit ćete1
nalazićete
nalazit ćē1
nalaziće
future II bȕdēm nalazio2 bȕdēš nalazio2 bȕdē nalazio2 bȕdēmo nalazili2 bȕdēte nalazili2 bȕdū nalazili2
past perfect nalazio sam2 nalazio si2 nalazio je2 nalazili smo2 nalazili ste2 nalazili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam nalazio2 bȉo si nalazio2 bȉo je nalazio2 bíli smo nalazili2 bíli ste nalazili2 bíli su nalazili2
imperfect nalažah nalažaše nalažaše nalažasmo nalažaste nalažahu
conditional conditional I nalazio bih2 nalazio bi2 nalazio bi2 nalazili bismo2 nalazili biste2 nalazili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih nalazio2 bȉo bi nalazio2 bȉo bi nalazio2 bíli bismo nalazili2 bíli biste nalazili2 bíli bi nalazili2
imperative nalazi nalazimo nalazite
active past participle nalazio m / nalazila f / nalazilo n nalazili m / nalazile f / nalazila 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

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