sjetiti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): sȅtiti
(Ikavian): sititi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sjêtiti/
Hyphenation: sje‧ti‧ti

Verb

sjȅtiti pf (Cyrillic spelling сје̏тити)

(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... — If I remember correctly...
(reflexive) to figure out, think up, come up with
Sjetit ćemo se nečeg. — We will figure something out.
(transitive, informal, shortening of podsjetiti) to remind
Sjeti me da ti sutra objasnim. — Remind me to explain it tomorrow.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sjetiti

Infinitive: sjetiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: sjȅtīvši		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		sjetim	sjetiš	sjeti	sjetimo	sjetite	sjete
Future	Future I	sjetit ću¹ sjetiću	sjetit ćeš¹ sjetićeš	sjetit će¹ sjetiće	sjetit ćemo¹ sjetićemo	sjetit ćete¹ sjetićete	sjetit će¹ sjetiće
Future	Future II	budem sjetio²	budeš sjetio²	bude sjetio²	budemo sjetili²	budete sjetili²	budu sjetili²
Past	Perfect	sjetio sam²	sjetio si²	sjetio je²	sjetili smo²	sjetili ste²	sjetili su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam sjetio²	bio si sjetio²	bio je sjetio²	bili smo sjetili²	bili ste sjetili²	bili su sjetili²
	Aorist	sjetih	sjeti	sjeti	sjetismo	sjetiste	sjetiše
Conditional I		sjetio bih²	sjetio bi²	sjetio bi²	sjetili bismo²	sjetili biste²	sjetili bi²
Conditional II		bio bih sjetio²	bio bi sjetio²	bio bi sjetio²	bili bismo sjetili²	bili biste sjetili²	bili bi sjetili²
Imperative		—	sjeti	—	sjetimo	sjetite	—
Active past participle		sjetio m / sjetila f / sjetilo n			sjetili m / sjetile f / sjetila 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

sjȅćati impf
(remember): spomenuti pf
(figure out): smisliti pf, skužiti pf, skontati pf

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