vrteti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtěti, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋřteti/
  • Hyphenation: vr‧te‧ti

Verb

vr̀teti impf (Cyrillic spelling вр̀тети)

  1. (transitive) to turn (move around an axis through itself)
  2. (intransitive, with instrumental) to shake
  3. (reflexive) to spin
  4. (reflexive) to fidget, squirm

Conjugation

Conjugation of vrteti
infinitive vrteti
present verbal adverb vr̀tēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun vr̀ćēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present vrtim vrtiš vrti vrtimo vrtite vrte
future future I vrtet ću1
vrteću
vrtet ćeš1
vrtećeš
vrtet će1
vrteće
vrtet ćemo1
vrtećemo
vrtet ćete1
vrtećete
vrtet ćē1
vrteće
future II bȕdēm vrteo2 bȕdēš vrteo2 bȕdē vrteo2 bȕdēmo vrteli2 bȕdēte vrteli2 bȕdū vrteli2
past perfect vrteo sam2 vrteo si2 vrteo je2 vrteli smo2 vrteli ste2 vrteli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam vrteo2 bȉo si vrteo2 bȉo je vrteo2 bíli smo vrteli2 bíli ste vrteli2 bíli su vrteli2
imperfect vrćah vrćaše vrćaše vrćasmo vrćaste vrćahu
conditional conditional I vrteo bih2 vrteo bi2 vrteo bi2 vrteli bismo2 vrteli biste2 vrteli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih vrteo2 bȉo bi vrteo2 bȉo bi vrteo2 bíli bismo vrteli2 bíli biste vrteli2 bíli bi vrteli2
imperative vrti vrtimo vrtite
active past participle vrteo m / vrtela f / vrtelo n vrteli m / vrtele f / vrtela n
passive past participle vrćen m / vrćena f / vrćeno n vrćeni m / vrćene f / vrćena 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.

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