старети

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stâreti/
Hyphenation: ста‧ре‧ти

Verb

ста̏рети impf (Latin spelling stȁreti)

(intransitive) to grow old, age

Conjugation

Conjugation of *старети*
		singular			plural
infinitive		старети
present verbal adverb		ста̏ре̄ћи
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		ста̏ре̄ње

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		старим	стариш	стари	старимо	старите	старе
future	future I	старет ћу¹ старећу	старет ћеш¹ старећеш	старет ће¹ стареће	старет ћемо¹ старећемо	старет ћете¹ старећете	старет ће̄¹ стареће
future	future II	бу̏де̄м старео²	бу̏де̄ш старео²	бу̏де̄ старео²	бу̏де̄мо старели²	бу̏де̄те старели²	бу̏дӯ старели²
past	perfect	старео сам²	старео си²	старео је²	старели смо²	старели сте²	старели су²
	pluperfect³	би̏о сам старео²	би̏о си старео²	би̏о је старео²	би́ли смо старели²	би́ли сте старели²	би́ли су старели²
	imperfect	старах	стараше	стараше	старасмо	старасте	стараху
conditional	conditional I	старео бих²	старео би²	старео би²	старели бисмо²	старели бисте²	старели би²
conditional	conditional II⁴	би̏о бих старео²	би̏о би старео²	би̏о би старео²	би́ли бисмо старели²	би́ли бисте старели²	би́ли би старели²
imperative		—	стари	—	старимо	старите	—
active past participle		старео m / старела f / старело n			старели m / стареле f / старела 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.