pokleknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- (perfective marker) +‎ klȅknuti (kneel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒkleknuti/

Verb

poklȅknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling покле̏кнути)

  1. (intransitive) to yield, give way, give in

Conjugation

Conjugation of pokleknuti
infinitive pokleknuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb poklȅknūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pokleknem poklekneš poklekne pokleknemo pokleknete pokleknu
future future I pokleknut ću1
pokleknuću
pokleknut ćeš1
pokleknućeš
pokleknut će1
pokleknuće
pokleknut ćemo1
pokleknućemo
pokleknut ćete1
pokleknućete
pokleknut ćē1
pokleknuće
future II bȕdēm pokleknuo/poklekao2 bȕdēš pokleknuo/poklekao2 bȕdē pokleknuo/poklekao2 bȕdēmo pokleknuli/poklekli2 bȕdēte pokleknuli/poklekli2 bȕdū pokleknuli/poklekli2
past perfect pokleknuo/poklekao sam2 pokleknuo/poklekao si2 pokleknuo/poklekao je2 pokleknuli/poklekli smo2 pokleknuli/poklekli ste2 pokleknuli/poklekli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pokleknuo/poklekao2 bȉo si pokleknuo/poklekao2 bȉo je pokleknuo/poklekao2 bíli smo pokleknuli/poklekli2 bíli ste pokleknuli/poklekli2 bíli su pokleknuli/poklekli2
aorist pokleknuh / poklekoh pokleknu / pokleče pokleknu / pokleče pokleknusmo / poklekosmo pokleknuste / poklekoste pokleknuše / poklekoše
conditional conditional I pokleknuo/poklekao bih2 pokleknuo/poklekao bi2 pokleknuo/poklekao bi2 pokleknuli/poklekli bismo2 pokleknuli/poklekli biste2 pokleknuli/poklekli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pokleknuo/poklekao2 bȉo bi pokleknuo/poklekao2 bȉo bi pokleknuo/poklekao2 bíli bismo pokleknuli/poklekli2 bíli biste pokleknuli/poklekli2 bíli bi pokleknuli/poklekli2
imperative poklekni pokleknimo pokleknite
active past participle pokleknuo/poklekao m / pokleknula/poklekla f / pokleknulo/pokleklo n pokleknuli/poklekli m / pokleknule/poklekle f / pokleknula/poklekla n
passive past participle pokleknut m / pokleknuta f / pokleknuto n pokleknuti m / pokleknute f / pokleknuta 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.

See also

Further reading

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