sažimati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǎʒimati/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ži‧ma‧ti

Verb

sàžimati impf (Cyrillic spelling са̀жимати)

  1. (transitive) to summarize, abridge
  2. (transitive) to compress, contract

Conjugation

Conjugation of sažimati
infinitive sažimati
present verbal adverb sàžimajūći / sàžimljūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun sàžimānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present sažimam sažimaš sažima sažimamo sažimate sažimaju
future future I sažimat ću1
sažimaću
sažimat ćeš1
sažimaćeš
sažimat će1
sažimaće
sažimat ćemo1
sažimaćemo
sažimat ćete1
sažimaćete
sažimat ćē1
sažimaće
future II bȕdēm sažimao2 bȕdēš sažimao2 bȕdē sažimao2 bȕdēmo sažimali2 bȕdēte sažimali2 bȕdū sažimali2
past perfect sažimao sam2 sažimao si2 sažimao je2 sažimali smo2 sažimali ste2 sažimali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam sažimao2 bȉo si sažimao2 bȉo je sažimao2 bíli smo sažimali2 bíli ste sažimali2 bíli su sažimali2
imperfect sažimah sažimaše sažimaše sažimasmo sažimaste sažimahu
conditional conditional I sažimao bih2 sažimao bi2 sažimao bi2 sažimali bismo2 sažimali biste2 sažimali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih sažimao2 bȉo bi sažimao2 bȉo bi sažimao2 bíli bismo sažimali2 bíli biste sažimali2 bíli bi sažimali2
imperative sažimaj sažimajmo sažimajte
active past participle sažimao m / sažimala f / sažimalo n sažimali m / sažimale f / sažimala n
passive past participle sažiman m / sažimana f / sažimano n sažimani m / sažimane f / sažimana 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

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