uvesti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔʋesti/
• Hyphenation: u‧ve‧sti

Etymology 1

u- + vȏz, vòziti

Verb

ùvesti pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀вести)

1. (transitive) to introduce, lead in (bring into practice or organization)
2. (transitive, intransitive) to import (bring in from a foreign country)
3. (reflexive) to drive in

Conjugation

Conjugation of uvesti

Infinitive: uvesti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ùvezāvši		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		uvezem	uvezeš	uveze	uvezemo	uvezete	uvezu
Future	Future I	uvest ću1 uvešću	uvest ćeš1 uvešćeš	uvest će1 uvešće	uvest ćemo1 uvešćemo	uvest ćete1 uvešćete	uvest će1 uvešće
	Future II	bȕdēm uvezao2	bȕdēš uvezao2	bȕdē uvezao2	bȕdēmo uvezli2	bȕdēte uvezli2	bȕdū uvezli2
Past	Perfect	uvezao sam2	uvezao si2	uvezao je2	uvezli smo2	uvezli ste2	uvezli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam uvezao2	bȉo si uvezao2	bȉo je uvezao2	bíli smo uvezli2	bíli ste uvezli2	bíli su uvezli2
	Imperfect	uvezoh	uveze	uveze	uvezosmo	uvezoste	uvezoše
Conditional I		uvezao bih2	uvezao bi2	uvezao bi2	uvezli bismo2	uvezli biste2	uvezli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih uvezao2	bȉo bi uvezao2	bȉo bi uvezao2	bíli bismo uvezli2	bíli biste uvezli2	bíli bi uvezli2
Imperative		—	uvezi	—	uvezimo	uvezite	—
Active past participle		uvezao m / uvezla f / uvezlo n			uvezli m / uvezle f / uvezla n
Passive past participle		uvezen m / uvezena f / uvezeno n			uvezeni m / uvezene f / uvezena 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.

Related terms

• uvòziti impf

Etymology 2

See uvòditi.

Verb

ùvesti pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀вести)

1. (transitive) to introduce

Conjugation

Conjugation of uvesti

Infinitive: uvesti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ùvēvši		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		uvedem	uvedeš	uvede	uvedemo	uvedete	uvedu
Future	Future I	uvest ću1 uvešću	uvest ćeš1 uvešćeš	uvest će1 uvešće	uvest ćemo1 uvešćemo	uvest ćete1 uvešćete	uvest će1 uvešće
	Future II	bȕdēm uveo2	bȕdēš uveo2	bȕdē uveo2	bȕdēmo uveli2	bȕdēte uveli2	bȕdū uveli2
Past	Perfect	uveo sam2	uveo si2	uveo je2	uveli smo2	uveli ste2	uveli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam uveo2	bȉo si uveo2	bȉo je uveo2	bíli smo uveli2	bíli ste uveli2	bíli su uveli2
	Aorist	uvedoh	uvede	uvede	uvedosmo	uvedoste	uvedoše
Conditional I		uveo bih2	uveo bi2	uveo bi2	uveli bismo2	uveli biste2	uveli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih uveo2	bȉo bi uveo2	bȉo bi uveo2	bíli bismo uveli2	bíli biste uveli2	bíli bi uveli2
Imperative		—	uvedi	—	uvedimo	uvedite	—
Active past participle		uveo m / uvela f / uvelo n			uveli m / uvele f / uvela n
Passive past participle		uveden m / uvedena f / uvedeno n			uvedeni m / uvedene f / uvedena 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.

Related terms

• uvòditi impf