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povesti

povesti

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

pòvesti pf ‎(Cyrillic spelling по̀вести)

(transitive) to lead
(transitive) to initiate, begin
(intransitive) to take the lead
(reflexive) to go along with, imitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of povesti

Infinitive: povesti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòvēvši		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		povedem	povedeš	povede	povedemo	povedete	povedu
Future	Future I	povest ću² povešću	povest ćeš² povešćeš	povest će² povešće	povest ćemo² povešćemo	povest ćete² povešćete	povest će² povešće
Future	Future II	budem poveo¹	budeš poveo¹	bude poveo¹	budemo poveli¹	budete poveli¹	budu poveli¹
Past	Perfect	poveo sam¹	poveo si¹	poveo je¹	poveli smo¹	poveli ste¹	poveli su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam poveo¹	bio si poveo¹	bio je poveo¹	bili smo poveli¹	bili ste poveli¹	bili su poveli¹
	Aorist	povedoh	povede	povede	povedosmo	povedoste	povedoše
Conditional I		poveo bih¹	poveo bi¹	poveo bi¹	poveli bismo¹	poveli biste¹	poveli bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih poveo¹	bio bi poveo¹	bio bi poveo¹	bili bismo poveli¹	bili biste poveli¹	bili bi poveli¹
Imperative		—	povedi	—	povedimo	povedite	—
Active past participle		poveo m / povela f / povelo n			poveli m / povele f / povela n
Passive past participle		poveden m / povedena f / povedeno n			povedeni m / povedene f / povedena 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.

Related terms

povòditi impf