spoznavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spoznǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: spo‧zna‧va‧ti

Verb

spoznávati impf (Cyrillic spelling спозна́вати)

  1. (transitive) to comprehend, conceive
  2. (transitive) become aware or cognizant of; to learn

Conjugation

Conjugation of spoznavati
infinitive spoznavati
present verbal adverb spoznávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun spoznávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present spoznajem spoznaješ spoznaje spoznajemo spoznajete spoznaju
future future I spoznavat ću1
spoznavaću
spoznavat ćeš1
spoznavaćeš
spoznavat će1
spoznavaće
spoznavat ćemo1
spoznavaćemo
spoznavat ćete1
spoznavaćete
spoznavat ćē1
spoznavaće
future II bȕdēm spoznavao2 bȕdēš spoznavao2 bȕdē spoznavao2 bȕdēmo spoznavali2 bȕdēte spoznavali2 bȕdū spoznavali2
past perfect spoznavao sam2 spoznavao si2 spoznavao je2 spoznavali smo2 spoznavali ste2 spoznavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam spoznavao2 bȉo si spoznavao2 bȉo je spoznavao2 bíli smo spoznavali2 bíli ste spoznavali2 bíli su spoznavali2
imperfect spoznavah spoznavaše spoznavaše spoznavasmo spoznavaste spoznavahu
conditional conditional I spoznavao bih2 spoznavao bi2 spoznavao bi2 spoznavali bismo2 spoznavali biste2 spoznavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih spoznavao2 bȉo bi spoznavao2 bȉo bi spoznavao2 bíli bismo spoznavali2 bíli biste spoznavali2 bíli bi spoznavali2
imperative spoznaj spoznajmo spoznajte
active past participle spoznavao m / spoznavala f / spoznavalo n spoznavali m / spoznavale f / spoznavala n
passive past participle spoznavan m / spoznavana f / spoznavano n spoznavani m / spoznavane f / spoznavana 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

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