težiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /těːʒiti/
Hyphenation: te‧ži‧ti

Verb

téžiti impf (Cyrillic spelling те́жити)

(intransitive) to weigh
(intransitive) to gravitate, tend to
(intransitive) to strive, try, endeavor

Conjugation

Conjugation of *težiti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		težiti
present verbal adverb		téžēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		téžēnje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		težim	težiš	teži	težimo	težite	teže
future	future I	težit ću¹ težiću	težit ćeš¹ težićeš	težit će¹ težiće	težit ćemo¹ težićemo	težit ćete¹ težićete	težit ćē¹ težiće
future	future II	bȕdēm težio²	bȕdēš težio²	bȕdē težio²	bȕdēmo težili²	bȕdēte težili²	bȕdū težili²
past	perfect	težio sam²	težio si²	težio je²	težili smo²	težili ste²	težili su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam težio²	bȉo si težio²	bȉo je težio²	bíli smo težili²	bíli ste težili²	bíli su težili²
	imperfect	težah	težaše	težaše	težasmo	težaste	težahu
conditional	conditional I	težio bih²	težio bi²	težio bi²	težili bismo²	težili biste²	težili bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih težio²	bȉo bi težio²	bȉo bi težio²	bíli bismo težili²	bíli biste težili²	bíli bi težili²
imperative		—	teži	—	težimo	težite	—
active past participle		težio m / težila f / težilo n			težili m / težile f / težila 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.

Related terms

težak