tvrditi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tvьrditi. Compare Czech tvrdit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʋřːditi/
Hyphenation: tvr‧di‧ti

Verb

tvŕditi impf (Cyrillic spelling твр́дити)

(transitive) to state, claim, assert

Conjugation

Conjugation of tvrditi

Infinitive: tvrditi		Present verbal adverb: tvŕdēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: tvŕđēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		tvrdim	tvrdiš	tvrdi	tvrdimo	tvrdite	tvrde
Future	Future I	tvrdit ću¹ tvrdiću	tvrdit ćeš¹ tvrdićeš	tvrdit će¹ tvrdiće	tvrdit ćemo¹ tvrdićemo	tvrdit ćete¹ tvrdićete	tvrdit će¹ tvrdiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm tvrdio²	bȕdēš tvrdio²	bȕdē tvrdio²	bȕdēmo tvrdili²	bȕdēte tvrdili²	bȕdū tvrdili²
Past	Perfect	tvrdio sam²	tvrdio si²	tvrdio je²	tvrdili smo²	tvrdili ste²	tvrdili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam tvrdio²	bȉo si tvrdio²	bȉo je tvrdio²	bíli smo tvrdili²	bíli ste tvrdili²	bíli su tvrdili²
	Imperfect	tvrđah	tvrđaše	tvrđaše	tvrđasmo	tvrđaste	tvrđahu
Conditional I		tvrdio bih²	tvrdio bi²	tvrdio bi²	tvrdili bismo²	tvrdili biste²	tvrdili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih tvrdio²	bȉo bi tvrdio²	bȉo bi tvrdio²	bíli bismo tvrdili²	bíli biste tvrdili²	bíli bi tvrdili²
Imperative		—	tvrdi	—	tvrdimo	tvrdite	—
Active past participle		tvrdio m / tvrdila f / tvrdilo n			tvrdili m / tvrdile f / tvrdila n
Passive past participle		tvrđen m / tvrđena f / tvrđeno n			tvrđeni m / tvrđene f / tvrđena 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 in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

potvŕditi
ustvŕditi
utvŕditi