poznavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Imperfective formation of pòznati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poznǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: po‧zna‧va‧ti

Verb

poznávati impf (Cyrillic spelling позна́вати)

(transitive) to know, have knowledge of
(transitive) to recognize, make out
(reflexive) to be acquainted (with each other)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *poznavati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		poznavati
present verbal adverb		poznávajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		poznávānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		poznajem	poznaješ	poznaje	poznajemo	poznajete	poznaju
future	future I	poznavat ću¹ poznavaću	poznavat ćeš¹ poznavaćeš	poznavat će¹ poznavaće	poznavat ćemo¹ poznavaćemo	poznavat ćete¹ poznavaćete	poznavat ćē¹ poznavaće
future	future II	bȕdēm poznavao²	bȕdēš poznavao²	bȕdē poznavao²	bȕdēmo poznavali²	bȕdēte poznavali²	bȕdū poznavali²
past	perfect	poznavao sam²	poznavao si²	poznavao je²	poznavali smo²	poznavali ste²	poznavali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam poznavao²	bȉo si poznavao²	bȉo je poznavao²	bíli smo poznavali²	bíli ste poznavali²	bíli su poznavali²
	imperfect	poznavah	poznavaše	poznavaše	poznavasmo	poznavaste	poznavahu
conditional	conditional I	poznavao bih²	poznavao bi²	poznavao bi²	poznavali bismo²	poznavali biste²	poznavali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih poznavao²	bȉo bi poznavao²	bȉo bi poznavao²	bíli bismo poznavali²	bíli biste poznavali²	bíli bi poznavali²
imperative		—	poznaj	—	poznajmo	poznajte	—
active past participle		poznavao m / poznavala f / poznavalo n			poznavali m / poznavale f / poznavala n
passive past participle		poznavan m / poznavana f / poznavano n			poznavani m / poznavane f / poznavana 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

Related terms

pòznati pf