bečiti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /běːt͡ʃiti/
Hyphenation: be‧či‧ti

Verb

béčiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бе́чити)

(transitive) to stare, open (one's eyes wide), pop (one's eyes), make saucer eyes at (of eyes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bečiti

Infinitive: bečiti		Present verbal adverb: béčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: béčēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bečim	bečiš	beči	bečimo	bečite	beče
Future	Future I	bečit ću¹ bečiću	bečit ćeš¹ bečićeš	bečit će¹ bečiće	bečit ćemo¹ bečićemo	bečit ćete¹ bečićete	bečit će¹ bečiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bečio²	bȕdēš bečio²	bȕdē bečio²	bȕdēmo bečili²	bȕdēte bečili²	bȕdū bečili²
Past	Perfect	bečio sam²	bečio si²	bečio je²	bečili smo²	bečili ste²	bečili su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam bečio²	bio si bečio²	bio je bečio²	bili smo bečili²	bili ste bečili²	bili su bečili²
	Imperfect	bečah	bečaše	bečaše	bečasmo	bečaste	bečahu
Conditional I		bečio bih²	bečio bi²	bečio bi²	bečili bismo²	bečili biste²	bečili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih bečio²	bio bi bečio²	bio bi bečio²	bili bismo bečili²	bili biste bečili²	bili bi bečili²
Imperative		—	beči	—	bečimo	bečite	—
Active past participle		bečio m / bečila f / bečilo n			bečili m / bečile f / bečila n
Passive past participle		bečen m / bečena f / bečeno n			bečeni m / bečene f / bečena 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.

References

“bečiti” in Hrvatski jezični portal