ceniti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěniti, see also cena.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sěːniti/
  • Hyphenation: ce‧ni‧ti

Verb

céniti impf (Cyrillic spelling це́нити)

  1. (transitive) to value, appreciate
  2. (transitive) to estimate, appraise
  3. (transitive) to respect

Conjugation
Conjugation of ceniti
Infinitive: ceniti Present verbal adverb: cénēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: cénjēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present cenim ceniš ceni cenimo cenite cene
Future Future I cenit ću1
ceniću		 cenit ćeš1
cenićeš		 cenit će1
ceniće		 cenit ćemo1
cenićemo		 cenit ćete1
cenićete		 cenit će1
ceniće
Future II bȕdēm cenio2 bȕdēš cenio2 bȕdē cenio2 bȕdēmo cenili2 bȕdēte cenili2 bȕdū cenili2
Past Perfect cenio sam2 cenio si2 cenio je2 cenili smo2 cenili ste2 cenili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam cenio2 bȉo si cenio2 bȉo je cenio2 bíli smo cenili2 bíli ste cenili2 bíli su cenili2
Imperfect cenjah cenjaše cenjaše cenjasmo cenjaste cenjahu
Conditional I cenio bih2 cenio bi2 cenio bi2 cenili bismo2 cenili biste2 cenili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih cenio2 bȉo bi cenio2 bȉo bi cenio2 bíli bismo cenili2 bíli biste cenili2 bíli bi cenili2
Imperative — ceni — cenimo cenite —
Active past participle cenio m / cenila f / cenilo n cenili m / cenile f / cenila n
Passive past participle cenjen m / cenjena f / cenjeno n cenjeni m / cenjene f / cenjena 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.

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