rukovoditi

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rukoʋǒditi/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ko‧vo‧di‧ti

Verb

rukovòditi impf (Cyrillic spelling руково̀дити)

  1. (transitive) to lead, manage, guide
  2. (intransitive) to operate, run, manage
  3. (reflexive) to follow one's example
  4. (reflexive) to conform to the rule
  5. (reflexive) to act according to instructions

Conjugation

Conjugation of rukovoditi
infinitive rukovoditi
present verbal adverb rukòvodēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun rukòvođēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present rukovodim rukovodiš rukovodi rukovodimo rukovodite rukovode
future future I rukovodit ću1
rukovodiću
rukovodit ćeš1
rukovodićeš
rukovodit će1
rukovodiće
rukovodit ćemo1
rukovodićemo
rukovodit ćete1
rukovodićete
rukovodit ćē1
rukovodiće
future II bȕdēm rukovodio2 bȕdēš rukovodio2 bȕdē rukovodio2 bȕdēmo rukovodili2 bȕdēte rukovodili2 bȕdū rukovodili2
past perfect rukovodio sam2 rukovodio si2 rukovodio je2 rukovodili smo2 rukovodili ste2 rukovodili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam rukovodio2 bȉo si rukovodio2 bȉo je rukovodio2 bíli smo rukovodili2 bíli ste rukovodili2 bíli su rukovodili2
imperfect rukovođah rukovođaše rukovođaše rukovođasmo rukovođaste rukovođahu
conditional conditional I rukovodio bih2 rukovodio bi2 rukovodio bi2 rukovodili bismo2 rukovodili biste2 rukovodili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih rukovodio2 bȉo bi rukovodio2 bȉo bi rukovodio2 bíli bismo rukovodili2 bíli biste rukovodili2 bíli bi rukovodili2
imperative rukovodi rukovodimo rukovodite
active past participle rukovodio m / rukovodila f / rukovodilo n rukovodili m / rukovodile f / rukovodila n
passive past participle rukovođen m / rukovođena f / rukovođeno n rukovođeni m / rukovođene f / rukovođena 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

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