setiti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): sjȅtiti

Etymology

Related to sȅta; cognate with Bulgarian сещам се (seštam se, “to remember”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sêtiti/
Hyphenation: se‧ti‧ti

Verb

sȅtiti pf (Cyrillic spelling се̏тити)

(transitive) to remind
S(j)eti me da ti sutra objasnim prvi zadatak. — Remind me to explain the first assignment to you tomorrow.
(reflexive, with genitive) to remember
S(j)ećam se svega što sam ikad pročitao. — I remember everything that I've ever read.

Ako se dobro s(j)ećam, sastanak je zakan za 17 sati. — If I remember correctly, the meeting is scheduled for 17 o'clock.
(reflexive) to hit upon an idea, occur to one
S(j)etio sam se pravog pristupa problemu tek nakon što sam malo odspavao. — I figured out the right approach to the problem only after I took a nap.

Conjugation

Conjugation of setiti

Infinitive: setiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: sȅtīvši		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		setim	setiš	seti	setimo	setite	sete
Future	Future I	setit ću¹ setiću	setit ćeš¹ setićeš	setit će¹ setiće	setit ćemo¹ setićemo	setit ćete¹ setićete	setit će¹ setiće
Future	Future II	budem setio²	budeš setio²	bude setio²	budemo setili²	budete setili²	budu setili²
Past	Perfect	setio sam²	setio si²	setio je²	setili smo²	setili ste²	setili su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam setio²	bio si setio²	bio je setio²	bili smo setili²	bili ste setili²	bili su setili²
	Aorist	setih	seti	seti	setismo	setiste	setiše
Conditional I		setio bih²	setio bi²	setio bi²	setili bismo²	setili biste²	setili bi²
Conditional II		bio bih setio²	bio bi setio²	bio bi setio²	bili bismo setili²	bili biste setili²	bili bi setili²
Imperative		—	seti	—	setimo	setite	—
Active past participle		setio m / setila f / setilo n			setili m / setile f / setila 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Related terms

sȅćati impf

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