sustignuti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From su- +‎ stignuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǔstiɡnuti/
  • Hyphenation: sus‧tig‧nu‧ti

Verb

sùstignuti pf (Cyrillic spelling су̀стигнути)

  1. (transitive) to catch up, draw level with, gain on (someone who is ahead)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sùstignuti
infinitive sùstignuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb sùstigāvši / sùstignūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present sustignem sustigneš sustigne sustignemo sustignete susutignu
future future I sustignut ću1
sustignuću
sustignut ćeš1
sustignućeš
sustignut će1
sustignuće
sustignut ćemo1
sustignućemo
sustignut ćete1
sustignućete
sustignut ćē1
sustignuće
future II bȕdēm sustigao/sustignuo2 bȕdēš sustigao/sustignuo2 bȕdē sustigao/sustignuo2 bȕdēmo sustigli/sustignuli2 bȕdēte sustigli/sustignuli2 bȕdū sustigli/sustignuli2
past perfect sustigao/sustignuo sam2 sustigao/sustignuo si2 sustigao/sustignuo je2 sustigli/sustignuli smo2 sustigli/sustignuli ste2 sustigli/sustignuli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam sustigao/sustignuo2 bȉo si sustigao/sustignuo2 bȉo je sustigao/sustignuo2 bíli smo sustigli/sustignuli2 bíli ste sustigli/sustignuli2 bíli su sustigli/sustignuli2
imperfect sustigoh / sustignuh sustiže / sustignu sustiže / sustignu sustigosmo / sustignusmo sustigoste / sustignuste sustigoše / sustignuše
conditional conditional I sustigao/sustignuo bih2 sustigao/sustignuo bi2 sustigao/sustignuo bi2 sustigli/sustignuli bismo2 sustigli/sustignuli biste2 sustigli/sustignuli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih sustigao/sustignuo2 bȉo bi sustigao/sustignuo2 bȉo bi sustigao/sustignuo2 bíli bismo sustigli/sustignuli2 bíli biste sustigli/sustignuli2 bíli bi sustigli/sustignuli2
imperative sustigni sustignimo sustignite
active past participle sustigao/sustignuo m / sustigla/sustignula f / sustiglo/sustignulo n sustigli/sustignuli m / sustigle/sustignule f / sustigla/sustignula n
passive past participle sustignut m / sustignuta f / sustignuto n sustignuti m / sustignute f / sustignuta 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

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