postati

Italian

Verb

postati m

plural of postato

Anagrams

optasti, potasti, stipato

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

po- +‎ stati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǒstati/
Hyphenation: po‧sta‧ti

Verb

pòstati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀стати)

(transitive) to become, turn, get
Kad odrastem, postat ću slavna. ― When I grow up, I'll become famous.
(intransitive) to develop, originate
Sva živa materija je postala od nežive. — All the animate matter has developed from the inanimate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of postati

Infinitive: postati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòstāvši		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		postanem	postaneš	postane	postanemo	postanete	postanu
Future	Future I	postat ću¹ postaću	postat ćeš¹ postaćeš	postat će¹ postaće	postat ćemo¹ postaćemo	postat ćete¹ postaćete	postat će¹ postaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm postao²	bȕdēš postao²	bȕdē postao²	bȕdēmo postali²	bȕdēte postali²	bȕdū postali²
Past	Perfect	postao sam²	postao si²	postao je²	postali smo²	postali ste²	postali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam postao²	bio si postao²	bio je postao²	bili smo postali²	bili ste postali²	bili su postali²
	Aorist	postah / postadoh	posta / postade	posta / postade	postasmo / postadosmo	postaste / postadoste	postaše / postadoše
Conditional I		postao bih²	postao bi²	postao bi²	postali bismo²	postali biste²	postali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih postao²	bio bi postao²	bio bi postao²	bili bismo postali²	bili biste postali²	bili bi postali²
Imperative		—	postani	—	postanimo	postanite	—
Active past participle		postao m / postala f / postalo n			postali m / postale f / postala 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

pòstajati impf

Slovene

Etymology 1

From po- +‎ státi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔstàːti/

Verb

postáti pf

to become

Inflection


infinitive	postáti
1st singular	postȃnem
infinitive	postáti		postȁt
supine	postȁt
verbal noun	—
	participle		converb
present	—		—
past	—		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	postȁł	postála		postálo
dual	postála	postáli		postáli
plural	postáli	postále		postála
	present		imperative
1st singular	postȃnem		—
2nd singular	postȃneš		postáni
3rd singular	postȃne		—
1st dual	postȃneva		postanȋva
2nd dual	postȃneta		postanȋta
3rd dual	postȃneta		—
1st plural	postȃnemo		postanȋmo
2nd plural	postȃnete		postanȋte
3rd plural	postȃnejo		—

Etymology 2

From po- +‎ státi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔstàːti/

Verb

postáti pf

to stand for a short time

Inflection


infinitive	postáti
1st singular	postojím
infinitive	postáti		postȁt, postȃt
supine	postȁt, postāt
verbal noun	—
	participle		converb
present	—		—
past	—		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	postáł	postála		postálo
dual	postála	postáli		postáli
plural	postáli	postále		postála
	present		imperative
1st singular	postojím		—
2nd singular	postojíš		postọ̄j
3rd singular	postojí		—
1st dual	postojíva		postọ̑jva
2nd dual	postojíta		postọ̑jta
3rd dual	postojíta		—
1st plural	postojímo		postọ̑jmo
2nd plural	postojíte		postọ̑jte
3rd plural	postojíjo		—