срести

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъrěsti, *sъresti, cognate with Bulgarian срещам (sreštam), Russian встречать (vstrečatʹ). Compare сре̏ћа (“luck, fortune”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /srêsti/
Hyphenation: срес‧ти

Verb

сре̏сти pf (Latin spelling srȅsti)

(transitive, reflexive) to encounter, meet

Conjugation

Conjugation of срести

Infinitive: срести		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: сре̑вши		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		сретнем	сретнеш	сретне	сретнемо	сретнете	сретну
Future	Future I	срест ću¹ срешću	срест ćeš¹ срешćeš	срест će¹ срешće	срест ćemo¹ срешćemo	срест ćete¹ срешćete	срест će¹ срешće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm срео²	bȕdēš срео²	bȕdē срео²	bȕdēmo срели²	bȕdēte срели²	bȕdū срели²
Past	Perfect	срео sam²	срео si²	срео je²	срели smo²	срели ste²	срели su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam срео²	bȉo si срео²	bȉo je срео²	bíli smo срели²	bíli ste срели²	bíli su срели²
	Aorist	сретох	срете	срете	сретосмо	сретосте	сретоше
Conditional I		срео bih²	срео bi²	срео bi²	срели bismo²	срели biste²	срели bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih срео²	bȉo bi срео²	bȉo bi срео²	bíli bismo срели²	bíli biste срели²	bíli bi срели²
Imperative		—	сретни	—	сретнимо	сретните	—
Active past participle		срео m / срела f / срело n			срели m / среле f / срела 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

прѐсрести pf
су̀срести pf
су̀срет m

Related terms

сре̏тати impf