vidjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

vȉdeti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *viděti. See vid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋîdjeti/
Hyphenation: vi‧dje‧ti

Verb

vȉdjeti impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling ви̏дјети)

(ambitransitive, reflexive) to see
(ambitransitive) to look, behold
(ambitransitive, reflexive) to meet
(intransitive) to understand
(transitive) to become sensible of
(transitive) to catch glimpse of
(transitive) to foresee
(transitive) to witness

Conjugation

Conjugation of *vȉdjeti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		vȉdjeti
present verbal adverb		vȉdēći
past verbal adverb		vȉdjēvši
verbal noun		viđénje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		vȉdīm	vȉdīš	vȉdī	vȉdīmo	vȉdīte	vȉdē
future	future I	vȉdjet ću¹ vȉdjeću	vȉdjet ćeš¹ vȉdjećeš	vȉdjet će¹ vȉdjeće	vȉdjet ćemo¹ vȉdjećemo	vȉdjet ćete¹ vȉdjećete	vȉdjet ćē¹ vȉdjeće
future	future II	bȕdēm vȉdio²	bȕdēš vȉdio²	bȕdē vȉdio²	bȕdēmo vȉdjeli²	bȕdēte vȉdjeli²	bȕdū vȉdjeli²
past	perfect	vȉdio sam²	vȉdio si²	vȉdio je²	vȉdjeli smo²	vȉdjeli ste²	vȉdjeli su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam vȉdio²	bȉo si vȉdio²	bȉo je vȉdio²	bíli smo vȉdjeli²	bíli ste vȉdjeli²	bíli su vȉdjeli²
	aorist	vȉdjeh	vȉdje	vȉdje	vȉdjesmo	vȉdjeste	vȉdješe
	imperfect	vȉđāh	vȉđāše	vȉđāše	vȉđāsmo	vȉđāste	vȉđāhu
conditional	conditional I	vȉdio bih²	vȉdio bi²	vȉdio bi²	vȉdjeli bismo²	vȉdjeli biste²	vȉdjeli bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih vȉdio²	bȉo bi vȉdio²	bȉo bi vȉdio²	bíli bismo vȉdjeli²	bíli biste vȉdjeli²	bíli bi vȉdjeli²
imperative		—	vȉdi	—	vȉdimo	vȉdite	—
active past participle		vȉdio m / vȉdjela f / vȉdjelo n			vȉdjeli m / vȉdjele f / vȉdjela n
passive past participle		vȉđen m / vȉđena f / vȉđeno n			vȉđeni m / vȉđene f / vȉđena 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

Related terms

víđati impf