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bdjeti

bdjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): bdȅti

Verb

bdjȅti impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling бдје̏ти)

(intransitive) to watch over, keep vigil (+ nad ‎(“over”) + instrumental)
c(ij)elu noć je majka bd(j)ela nad d(j)etetom‎ ― the mother was watching over the child the whole night

Conjugation

Conjugation of bdjeti

Infinitive: bdjeti		Present verbal adverb: bdȇći/bdȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bdjénje/bdȉjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bdijem / bdim	bdiješ / bdiš	bdije / bdi	bdijemo / bdimo	bdijete / bdite	bdiju / bde
Future	Future I	bdjet ću² bdjeću	bdjet ćeš² bdjećeš	bdjet će² bdjeće	bdjet ćemo² bdjećemo	bdjet ćete² bdjećete	bdjet će² bdjeće
Future	Future II	budem bdije¹	budeš bdije¹	bude bdije¹	budemo bdjeli¹	budete bdjeli¹	budu bdjeli¹
Past	Perfect	bdije sam¹	bdije si¹	bdije je¹	bdjeli smo¹	bdjeli ste¹	bdjeli su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam bdije¹	bio si bdije¹	bio je bdije¹	bili smo bdjeli¹	bili ste bdjeli¹	bili su bdjeli¹
	Imperfect	bdijah / bđah	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijasmo / bđasmo	bdijaste / bđaste	bdijahu / bđahu
Conditional I		bdije bih¹	bdije bi¹	bdije bi¹	bdjeli bismo¹	bdjeli biste¹	bdjeli bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih bdije¹	bio bi bdije¹	bio bi bdije¹	bili bismo bdjeli¹	bili biste bdjeli¹	bili bi bdjeli¹
Imperative		—	bdij / bdi	—	bdijmo / bdimo	bdijte / bdite	—
Active past participle		bdije m / bdjela f / bdjelo n			bdjeli m / bdjele f / bdjela n
¹ For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. ² Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

Derived terms

pròbdjeti

References

“bdjeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal