dospijevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): dospévati

Etymology

See dòspjeti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dospjěːʋati/
Hyphenation: do‧spije‧va‧ti

Verb

dospijévati impf (Cyrillic spelling доспије́вати)

(intransitive) to arrive, reach, get to (+ preposition + locative)
(intransitive) to manage, succeed

Conjugation

Conjugation of dospijevati

Infinitive: dospijevati		Present verbal adverb: dospijévajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: dospijévānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		dospijevam	dospijevaš	dospijeva	dospijevamo	dospijevate	dospijevaju
Future	Future I	dospijevat ću¹ dospijevaću	dospijevat ćeš¹ dospijevaćeš	dospijevat će¹ dospijevaće	dospijevat ćemo¹ dospijevaćemo	dospijevat ćete¹ dospijevaćete	dospijevat će¹ dospijevaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm dospijevao²	bȕdēš dospijevao²	bȕdē dospijevao²	bȕdēmo dospijevali²	bȕdēte dospijevali²	bȕdū dospijevali²
Past	Perfect	dospijevao sam²	dospijevao si²	dospijevao je²	dospijevali smo²	dospijevali ste²	dospijevali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam dospijevao²	bio si dospijevao²	bio je dospijevao²	bili smo dospijevali²	bili ste dospijevali²	bili su dospijevali²
	Imperfect	dospijevah	dospijevaše	dospijevaše	dospijevasmo	dospijevaste	dospijevahu
Conditional I		dospijevao bih²	dospijevao bi²	dospijevao bi²	dospijevali bismo²	dospijevali biste²	dospijevali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih dospijevao²	bio bi dospijevao²	bio bi dospijevao²	bili bismo dospijevali²	bili biste dospijevali²	bili bi dospijevali²
Imperative		—	dospijevaj	—	dospijevajmo	dospijevajte	—
Active past participle		dospijevao m / dospijevala f / dospijevalo n			dospijevali m / dospijevale f / dospijevala 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. ⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I 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.

Related terms

dòspjeti pf