tonuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti, from *topiti +‎ *-nǫti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǒnuti/
  • Hyphenation: to‧nu‧ti

Verb

tònuti impf (Cyrillic spelling то̀нути)

  1. (intransitive) to sink
    tonuti u zaborav(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonuti
infinitive tonuti
present verbal adverb tònūći
past verbal adverb tonuvši
verbal noun tonuće
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present tonem toneš tone tonemo tonete tonu
future future I tonut ću1
tonuću
tonut ćeš1
tonućeš
tonut će1
tonuće
tonut ćemo1
tonućemo
tonut ćete1
tonućete
tonut ćē1
tonuće
future II bȕdēm tonuo2 bȕdēš tonuo2 bȕdē tonuo2 bȕdēmo tonuli2 bȕdēte tonuli2 bȕdū tonuli2
past perfect tonuo sam2 tonuo si2 tonuo je2 tonuli smo2 tonuli ste2 tonuli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam tonuo2 bȉo si tonuo2 bȉo je tonuo2 bíli smo tonuli2 bíli ste tonuli2 bíli su tonuli2
imperfect tonjah tonjaše tonjaše tonjasmo tonjaste tonjahu
conditional conditional I tonuo bih2 tonuo bi2 tonuo bi2 tonuli bismo2 tonuli biste2 tonuli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih tonuo2 bȉo bi tonuo2 bȉo bi tonuo2 bíli bismo tonuli2 bíli biste tonuli2 bíli bi tonuli2
imperative toni tonimo tonite
active past participle tonuo m / tonula f / tonulo n tonuli m / tonule f / tonula 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.

Derived terms

Further reading

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