Mural, done. Woot! Conjugation Patterns
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While this page should only be used as a reference for now, it is good to understand the most basic patterns of conjugation. When you are trying to say something for yourself this page can be instrumental in forming simple phrases and giving them the right direction. Please note that the type of verb reffers to the second last letter of the verb in it’s first person, personal sense. ja Legend: “m,f,n” stands for Masculine, Feminine, and Nueter. Please note that items are listed respectively
Verbs Ending in “e”
ići: to go
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ja | idem | I am going |
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mi | idemo | We are going |
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ti | ideš | You are going |
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vi | idete | You are going |
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on/ona/ono | ide | He/She/It is going |
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oni/one/ona | idu | They are going (m,f,n) |
Verbs Ending in “i”
misliti: to think
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ja | mislim | I think |
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mi | mislimo | We think |
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ti | misliš | You think |
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vi | mislite | You think |
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on/ona/ono | misli | He/She/It thinks |
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oni/one/ona | misle | They think (m,f,n) |
Verbs Ending in “a”
gledati: to look
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ja | gledam | I look |
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mi | gledamo | We look |
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ti | gledaš | You look |
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vi | gledate | You look |
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on/ona/ono | gleda | He/She/It looks |
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oni/ona/one | gledaju | They look (m,f,n) |
A small correction from native Croatian:
oni/one/ona gledaju
Thanks again! Correction made.
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Im an english speaker, and I am beginning to learn Croatian, just on my own… I have a few questions, if you keep up with this site (I see that the comments on here are REALLY old…) Ok, so anyway, my questions:
1) Is ići an irregular verb? I see when its conjugated it had a d in it in stead of the ć, so… Im a little confused.
2)You have gledati down as a verb ending in a… but the last letter is an i. What is the “-ti”? is it an ending? Do all verbs have that “-ti”? I see misliti has it too, looking back, although i didnt notice it at first, because it was down as a verb ending in I.
3) What is the difference between ti and vi? Is one of them a formal “you”, while the other is formal? (Spanish is like that, I wonder if croatian is the same). If so, which is which?
Perhaps I am in over my head, trying to learn a new language, that is so different from english, all on my own.
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1) Yes, it is an irregular verb!
2) gledAti. “-ti” is the infinitive form of the verb meaning “to X”.
3) “ti” is the informal pronoun for “you”. “vi” is the honourific pronoun for “you”
Hope that helps ;)
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Is there any reference list that provides the “ja” form for a long list of infinitives? None of my dictionaries gives the “ja” form which I need in order to determine which conjugation pattern to use. Similarly, is there a reference that provides the past participle of each verb, so I can form the simple past tense?
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Actually gledati is “to watch”, not “to look”. “To look” is vidjeti.