započeti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

za- +‎ početi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zapǒt͡ʃeːti/
Hyphenation: za‧po‧če‧ti

Verb

zapòčēti pf (Cyrillic spelling запо̀че̄ти)

to start, begin, commence

Conjugation

Conjugation of započeti

Infinitive: započeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: započevši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		započnem	započneš	započne	započnemo	započnete	započnu
Future	Future I	započnet ću¹ započneću	započnet ćeš¹ započnećeš	započnet će¹ započneće	započnet ćemo¹ započnećemo	započnet ćete¹ započnećete	započnet će¹ započneće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm započeo²	bȕdēš započeo²	bȕdē započeo²	bȕdēmo započeli²	bȕdēte započeli²	bȕdū započeli²
Past	Perfect	započeo sam²	započeo si²	započeo je²	započeli smo²	započeli ste²	započeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam započeo²	bȉo si započeo²	bȉo je započeo²	bíli smo započeli²	bíli ste započeli²	bíli su započeli²
	Aorist	započeh	započe	započe	započesmo	započeste	započeše
Conditional I		započeo bih²	započeo bi²	započeo bi²	započeli bismo²	započeli biste²	započeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih započeo²	bȉo bi započeo²	bȉo bi započeo²	bíli bismo započeli²	bíli biste započeli²	bíli bi započeli²
Imperative		—	započni	—	započnimo	započnite	—
Active past participle		započeo m / započela f / započelo n			započeli m / započele f / započela n
Passive past participle		započet m / započeta f / započeto n			započeti m / započete f / započeta 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

zapòčinjati

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