zaprositi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ prositi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaprǒsiti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧pro‧si‧ti

Verb

zapròsiti pf (Cyrillic spelling запро̀сити)

  1. (transitive) to propose, woo (a girl)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaprositi
infinitive zaprositi
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zapròsīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zaprosim zaprosiš zaprosi zaprosimo zaprosite zaprose
future future I zaprosit ću1
zaprosiću
zaprosit ćeš1
zaprosićeš
zaprosit će1
zaprosiće
zaprosit ćemo1
zaprosićemo
zaprosit ćete1
zaprosićete
zaprosit ćē1
zaprosiće
future II bȕdēm zaprosio2 bȕdēš zaprosio2 bȕdē zaprosio2 bȕdēmo zaprosili2 bȕdēte zaprosili2 bȕdū zaprosili2
past perfect zaprosio sam2 zaprosio si2 zaprosio je2 zaprosili smo2 zaprosili ste2 zaprosili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zaprosio2 bȉo si zaprosio2 bȉo je zaprosio2 bíli smo zaprosili2 bíli ste zaprosili2 bíli su zaprosili2
aorist zaprosih zaprosi zaprosi zaprosismo zaprosiste zaprosiše
conditional conditional I zaprosio bih2 zaprosio bi2 zaprosio bi2 zaprosili bismo2 zaprosili biste2 zaprosili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zaprosio2 bȉo bi zaprosio2 bȉo bi zaprosio2 bíli bismo zaprosili2 bíli biste zaprosili2 bíli bi zaprosili2
imperative zaprosi zaprosimo zaprosite
active past participle zaprosio m / zaprosila f / zaprosilo n zaprosili m / zaprosile f / zaprosila n
passive past participle zaprošen m / zaprošena f / zaprošeno n zaprošeni m / zaprošene f / zaprošena 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

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