pretpostaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pred- +‎ postaviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pretpǒstaʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: pret‧po‧sta‧vi‧ti

Verb

pretpòstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling претпо̀ставити)

  1. (transitive) to assume, suppose

Conjugation

Conjugation of pretpostaviti
infinitive pretpostaviti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pretpòstavīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pretpostavim pretpostaviš pretpostavi pretpostavimo pretpostavite pretpostave
future future I pretpostavit ću1
pretpostaviću
pretpostavit ćeš1
pretpostavićeš
pretpostavit će1
pretpostaviće
pretpostavit ćemo1
pretpostavićemo
pretpostavit ćete1
pretpostavićete
pretpostavit ćē1
pretpostaviće
future II bȕdēm pretpostavio2 bȕdēš pretpostavio2 bȕdē pretpostavio2 bȕdēmo pretpostavili2 bȕdēte pretpostavili2 bȕdū pretpostavili2
past perfect pretpostavio sam2 pretpostavio si2 pretpostavio je2 pretpostavili smo2 pretpostavili ste2 pretpostavili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pretpostavio2 bȉo si pretpostavio2 bȉo je pretpostavio2 bíli smo pretpostavili2 bíli ste pretpostavili2 bíli su pretpostavili2
aorist pretpostavih pretpostavi pretpostavi pretpostavismo pretpostaviste pretpostaviše
conditional conditional I pretpostavio bih2 pretpostavio bi2 pretpostavio bi2 pretpostavili bismo2 pretpostavili biste2 pretpostavili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pretpostavio2 bȉo bi pretpostavio2 bȉo bi pretpostavio2 bíli bismo pretpostavili2 bíli biste pretpostavili2 bíli bi pretpostavili2
imperative pretpostavi pretpostavimo pretpostavite
active past participle pretpostavio m / pretpostavila f / pretpostavilo n pretpostavili m / pretpostavile f / pretpostavila n
passive past participle pretpostavljen m / pretpostavljena f / pretpostavljeno n pretpostavljeni m / pretpostavljene f / pretpostavljena 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.