ostaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ staviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒstaʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: o‧sta‧vi‧ti

Verb

òstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀ставити)

  1. (transitive) to leave

Conjugation

Conjugation of ostaviti
infinitive ostaviti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb òstavīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ostavim ostaviš ostavi ostavimo ostavite ostave
future future I ostavit ću1
ostaviću
ostavit ćeš1
ostavićeš
ostavit će1
ostaviće
ostavit ćemo1
ostavićemo
ostavit ćete1
ostavićete
ostavit ćē1
ostaviće
future II bȕdēm ostavio2 bȕdēš ostavio2 bȕdē ostavio2 bȕdēmo ostavili2 bȕdēte ostavili2 bȕdū ostavili2
past perfect ostavio sam2 ostavio si2 ostavio je2 ostavili smo2 ostavili ste2 ostavili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ostavio2 bȉo si ostavio2 bȉo je ostavio2 bíli smo ostavili2 bíli ste ostavili2 bíli su ostavili2
aorist ostavih ostavi ostavi ostavismo ostaviste ostaviše
conditional conditional I ostavio bih2 ostavio bi2 ostavio bi2 ostavili bismo2 ostavili biste2 ostavili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ostavio2 bȉo bi ostavio2 bȉo bi ostavio2 bíli bismo ostavili2 bíli biste ostavili2 bíli bi ostavili2
imperative ostavi ostavimo ostavite
active past participle ostavio m / ostavila f / ostavilo n ostavili m / ostavile f / ostavila n
passive past participle ostavljen m / ostavljena f / ostavljeno n ostavljeni m / ostavljene f / ostavljena 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.