zinuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zinǫti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zînuti/
Hyphenation: zi‧nu‧ti

Verb

zȉnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling зи̏нути)

(intransitive) to open one's mouth
(intransitive) to say something unintentionally
(intransitive) to gape, open, yawn (appear suddenly as a hole)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zinuti

Infinitive: zinuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zȉnūvši		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		zinem	zineš	zine	zinemo	zinete	zinu
Future	Future I	zinut ću¹ zinuću	zinut ćeš¹ zinućeš	zinut će¹ zinuće	zinut ćemo¹ zinućemo	zinut ćete¹ zinućete	zinut će¹ zinuće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zinuo²	bȕdēš zinuo²	bȕdē zinuo²	bȕdēmo zinuli²	bȕdēte zinuli²	bȕdū zinuli²
Past	Perfect	zinuo sam²	zinuo si²	zinuo je²	zinuli smo²	zinuli ste²	zinuli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zinuo²	bȉo si zinuo²	bȉo je zinuo²	bíli smo zinuli²	bíli ste zinuli²	bíli su zinuli²
	Aorist	zinuh	zinu	zinu	zinusmo	zinuste	zinuše
Conditional I		zinuo bih²	zinuo bi²	zinuo bi²	zinuli bismo²	zinuli biste²	zinuli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zinuo²	bȉo bi zinuo²	bȉo bi zinuo²	bíli bismo zinuli²	bíli biste zinuli²	bíli bi zinuli²
Imperative		—	zini	—	zinimo	zinite	—
Active past participle		zinuo m / zinula f / zinulo n			zinuli m / zinule f / zinula 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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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Verb

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