početi

See also: početí

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Čakavian) počati

Etymology

po- + Proto-Slavic *čęti (“to begin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǒtʃeːti/
Hyphenation: po‧če‧ti

Verb

pòčēti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀че̄ти)

(intransitive) to begin, start, commence
Počeo sam čitati svoju novu knjigu.
I started reading my new book.

Conjugation

Conjugation of početi

Infinitive: početi		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòčēvši		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		počnem	počneš	počne	počnemo	počnete	počnu
Future	Future I	počet ću¹ počeću	počet ćeš¹ počećeš	počet će¹ počeće	počet ćemo¹ počećemo	počet ćete¹ počećete	počet će¹ počeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm počeo²	bȕdēš počeo²	bȕdē počeo²	bȕdēmo počeli²	bȕdēte počeli²	bȕdū počeli²
Past	Perfect	počeo sam²	počeo si²	počeo je²	počeli smo²	počeli ste²	počeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam počeo²	bio si počeo²	bio je počeo²	bili smo počeli²	bili ste počeli²	bili su počeli²
	Aorist	počeh	poče	poče	počesmo	počeste	počeše
Conditional I		počeo bih²	počeo bi²	počeo bi²	počeli bismo²	počeli biste²	počeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih počeo²	bio bi počeo²	bio bi počeo²	bili bismo počeli²	bili biste počeli²	bili bi počeli²
Imperative		—	počni	—	počnimo	počnite	—
Active past participle		počeo m / počela f / počelo n			počeli m / počele f / počela n
Passive past participle		počet m / početa f / početo n			početi m / počete f / početa 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

pòčinjati impf