snalaziti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ nalaziti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snǎlaziti/
  • Hyphenation: sna‧la‧zi‧ti

Verb

snàlaziti impf (Cyrillic spelling сна̀лазити)

  1. (transitive) to befall, happen (used only in 3rd person)
  2. (reflexive) to get by, to manage on one's own (to find a way or solution, orient oneself etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of snalaziti
infinitive snalaziti
present verbal adverb snàlazēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun snàlažēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present snalazim snalaziš snalazi snalazimo snalazite snalaze
future future I snalazit ću1
snalaziću
snalazit ćeš1
snalazićeš
snalazit će1
snalaziće
snalazit ćemo1
snalazićemo
snalazit ćete1
snalazićete
snalazit ćē1
snalaziće
future II bȕdēm snalazio2 bȕdēš snalazio2 bȕdē snalazio2 bȕdēmo snalazili2 bȕdēte snalazili2 bȕdū snalazili2
past perfect snalazio sam2 snalazio si2 snalazio je2 snalazili smo2 snalazili ste2 snalazili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam snalazio2 bȉo si snalazio2 bȉo je snalazio2 bíli smo snalazili2 bíli ste snalazili2 bíli su snalazili2
imperfect snalažah snalažaše snalažaše snalažasmo snalažaste snalažahu
conditional conditional I snalazio bih2 snalazio bi2 snalazio bi2 snalazili bismo2 snalazili biste2 snalazili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih snalazio2 bȉo bi snalazio2 bȉo bi snalazio2 bíli bismo snalazili2 bíli biste snalazili2 bíli bi snalazili2
imperative snalazi snalazimo snalazite
active past participle snalazio m / snalazila f / snalazilo n snalazili m / snalazile f / snalazila 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

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