ponositi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ nositi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ponǒsiti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧no‧si‧ti

Verb

ponòsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling поно̀сити)

  1. (reflexive, with instrumental) to be proud, pride oneself on

Conjugation

Conjugation of ponositi
infinitive ponositi
present verbal adverb ponòsēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun pònošēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ponosim ponosiš ponosi ponosimo ponosite ponose
future future I ponosit ću1
ponosiću
ponosit ćeš1
ponosićeš
ponosit će1
ponosiće
ponosit ćemo1
ponosićemo
ponosit ćete1
ponosićete
ponosit ćē1
ponosiće
future II bȕdēm ponosio2 bȕdēš ponosio2 bȕdē ponosio2 bȕdēmo ponosili2 bȕdēte ponosili2 bȕdū ponosili2
past perfect ponosio sam2 ponosio si2 ponosio je2 ponosili smo2 ponosili ste2 ponosili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ponosio2 bȉo si ponosio2 bȉo je ponosio2 bíli smo ponosili2 bíli ste ponosili2 bíli su ponosili2
imperfect ponošah ponošaše ponošaše ponošasmo ponošaste ponošahu
conditional conditional I ponosio bih2 ponosio bi2 ponosio bi2 ponosili bismo2 ponosili biste2 ponosili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ponosio2 bȉo bi ponosio2 bȉo bi ponosio2 bíli bismo ponosili2 bíli biste ponosili2 bíli bi ponosili2
imperative ponosi ponosimo ponosite
active past participle ponosio m / ponosila f / ponosilo n ponosili m / ponosile f / ponosila 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

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