častiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǎstiti/
Hyphenation: ča‧sti‧ti

Verb

čàstiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ча̀стити)

(reflexive) to treat oneself, to indulge
(transitive) to regale
(transitive, rare) to honor
(transitive, figurative, ironic) to insult

Conjugation

Conjugation of častiti

Infinitive: častiti		Present verbal adverb: čàstēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čàšćēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čàstīm	čàstīš	čàstī	čàstīmo	čàstīte	čàstē
Future	Future I	čàstit ću¹ čàstiću	čàstit ćeš¹ čàstićeš	čàstit će¹ čàstiće	čàstit ćemo¹ čàstićemo	čàstit ćete¹ čàstićete	čàstit će¹ čàstiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm čàstio²	bȕdēš čàstio²	bȕdē čàstio²	bȕdēmo čàstili²	bȕdēte čàstili²	bȕdū čàstili²
Past	Perfect	čàstio sam²	čàstio si²	čàstio je²	čàstili smo²	čàstili ste²	čàstili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam čàstio²	bȉo si čàstio²	bȉo je čàstio²	bíli smo čàstili²	bíli ste čàstili²	bíli su čàstili²
	Imperfect	čàšćah	čàšćaše	čàšćaše	čàšćasmo	čàšćaste	čàšćahu
Conditional I		čàstio bih²	čàstio bi²	čàstio bi²	čàstili bismo²	čàstili biste²	čàstili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih čàstio²	bȉo bi čàstio²	bȉo bi čàstio²	bíli bismo čàstili²	bíli biste čàstili²	bíli bi čàstili²
Imperative		—	čàsti	—	čàstimo	čàstite	—
Active past participle		čàstio m / čàstila f / čàstilo n			čàstili m / čàstile f / čàstila n
Passive past participle		čȁšćen m / čȁšćena f / čȁšćeno n			čȁšćeni m / čȁšćene f / čȁšćena 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

počàstiti pf