начути

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From на- +‎ чути.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nǎt͡ʃuti/
Hyphenation: на‧чу‧ти

Verb

на̀чути pf (Latin spelling nàčuti)

(transitive) to get wind of, overhear

Conjugation

Conjugation of начути

Infinitive: начути		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: на̀чӯвши		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		начујем	начујеш	начује	начујемо	начујете	начују
Future	Future I	начут ћу¹ начућу	начут ћеш¹ начућеш	начут ће¹ начуће	начут ћемо¹ начућемо	начут ћете¹ начућете	начут ће¹ начуће
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м начуо²	бу̏де̄ш начуо²	бу̏де̄ начуо²	бу̏де̄мо начули²	бу̏де̄те начули²	бу̏дӯ начули²
Past	Perfect	начуо сам²	начуо си²	начуо је²	начули смо²	начули сте²	начули су²
	Pluperfect³	би̏о сам начуо²	би̏о си начуо²	би̏о је начуо²	би́ли смо начули²	би́ли сте начули²	би́ли су начули²
	Aorist	начух	начу	начу	начусмо	начусте	начуше
Conditional I		начуо бих²	начуо би²	начуо би²	начули бисмо²	начули бисте²	начули би²
Conditional II⁴		би̏о бих начуо²	би̏о би начуо²	би̏о би начуо²	би́ли бисмо начули²	би́ли бисте начули²	би́ли би начули²
Imperative		—	начуј	—	начујмо	начујте	—
Active past participle		начуо m / начула f / начуло n			начули m / начуле f / начула 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 were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

References

“начути” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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