pokleknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- (“perfective marker”) +‎ klȅknuti (“kneel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒkleknuti/

Verb

poklȅknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling покле̏кнути)

1. (intransitive) to yield, give way, give in

Conjugation

Conjugation of pokleknuti

Infinitive: pokleknuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: poklȅknūvši		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		pokleknem	poklekneš	poklekne	pokleknemo	pokleknete	pokleknu
Future	Future I	pokleknut ću1 pokleknuću	pokleknut ćeš1 pokleknućeš	pokleknut će1 pokleknuće	pokleknut ćemo1 pokleknućemo	pokleknut ćete1 pokleknućete	pokleknut će1 pokleknuće
	Future II	bȕdēm pokleknuo/poklekao2	bȕdēš pokleknuo/poklekao2	bȕdē pokleknuo/poklekao2	bȕdēmo pokleknuli/poklekli2	bȕdēte pokleknuli/poklekli2	bȕdū pokleknuli/poklekli2
Past	Perfect	pokleknuo/poklekao sam2	pokleknuo/poklekao si2	pokleknuo/poklekao je2	pokleknuli/poklekli smo2	pokleknuli/poklekli ste2	pokleknuli/poklekli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam pokleknuo/poklekao2	bȉo si pokleknuo/poklekao2	bȉo je pokleknuo/poklekao2	bíli smo pokleknuli/poklekli2	bíli ste pokleknuli/poklekli2	bíli su pokleknuli/poklekli2
	Aorist	pokleknuh / poklekoh	pokleknu / pokleče	pokleknu / pokleče	pokleknusmo / poklekosmo	pokleknuste / poklekoste	pokleknuše / poklekoše
Conditional I		pokleknuo/poklekao bih2	pokleknuo/poklekao bi2	pokleknuo/poklekao bi2	pokleknuli/poklekli bismo2	pokleknuli/poklekli biste2	pokleknuli/poklekli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih pokleknuo/poklekao2	bȉo bi pokleknuo/poklekao2	bȉo bi pokleknuo/poklekao2	bíli bismo pokleknuli/poklekli2	bíli biste pokleknuli/poklekli2	bíli bi pokleknuli/poklekli2
Imperative		—	poklekni	—	pokleknimo	pokleknite	—
Active past participle		pokleknuo/poklekao m / pokleknula/poklekla f / pokleknulo/pokleklo n			pokleknuli/poklekli m / pokleknule/poklekle f / pokleknula/poklekla n
Passive past participle		pokleknut m / pokleknuta f / pokleknuto n			pokleknuti m / pokleknute f / pokleknuta 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.

See also

• predati
• popustiti

Further reading

• “pokleknuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024