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postati
postati
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǒstati/
- Hyphenation: po‧sta‧ti
Verb
pòstati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀стати)
- (transitive) to become, turn
- Kad odrastem, postat ću slavna. — When I grow up, I'll become famous.
- (intransitive) to develop, originate
- Sva živa materija je postala od nežive. — All the animate matter has developed from the inanimate.
Conjugation
Conjugation of postati
| Infinitive: postati | Present verbal adverb: — | Past verbal adverb: pòstāvši | 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 | postanem | postaneš | postane | postanemo | postanete | postanu | |
| Future | Future I | postat ću2 postaću |
postat ćeš2 postaćeš |
postat će2 postaće |
postat ćemo2 postaćemo |
postat ćete2 postaćete |
postat će2 postaće |
| Future II | budem postao1 | budeš postao1 | bude postao1 | budemo postali1 | budete postali1 | budu postali1 | |
| Past | Perfect | postao sam1 | postao si1 | postao je1 | postali smo1 | postali ste1 | postali su1 |
| Pluperfect | bio sam postao1 | bio si postao1 | bio je postao1 | bili smo postali1 | bili ste postali1 | bili su postali1 | |
| Aorist | postah / postadoh | posta / postade | posta / postade | postasmo / postadosmo | postaste / postadoste | postaše / postadoše | |
| Conditional I | postao bih1 | postao bi1 | postao bi1 | postali bismo1 | postali biste1 | postali bi1 | |
| Conditional II | bio bih postao1 | bio bi postao1 | bio bi postao1 | bili bismo postali1 | bili biste postali1 | bili bi postali1 | |
| Imperative | — | postani | — | postanimo | postanite | — | |
| Active past participle | postao m / postala f / postalo n | postali m / postale f / postala n | |||||
| 1 For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. 2 Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. | |||||||
Related terms
- pòstajati impf
Slovene
Verb
postati
- become (to begin to be)
This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at become. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see postati in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) October 2008