govoriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govoriti, from Proto-Indo-European *gow(H)- (“to call, cry”). Cognate to Czech hovořit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoʋǒriti/
Hyphenation: go‧vo‧ri‧ti

Verb

govòriti impf (Cyrillic spelling гово̀рити)

(transitive, intransitive) to speak, talk, converse
govoriti engleski ― to speak English

govoriti s nekim ― to speak with somebody

govoriti polako ― to speak slowly
(transitive, intransitive) to tell, say
ne znaš što govoriš ― you don't know what you're saying

govori se ― people say, it is said

Conjugation

Conjugation of govoriti

Infinitive: govoriti		Present verbal adverb: govòrēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: govòrēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		govorim	govoriš	govori	govorimo	govorite	govore
Future	Future I	govorit ću¹ govoriću	govorit ćeš¹ govorićeš	govorit će¹ govoriće	govorit ćemo¹ govorićemo	govorit ćete¹ govorićete	govorit će¹ govoriće
Future	Future II	budem govorio²	budeš govorio²	bude govorio²	budemo govorili²	budete govorili²	budu govorili²
Past	Perfect	govorio sam²	govorio si²	govorio je²	govorili smo²	govorili ste²	govorili su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam govorio²	bio si govorio²	bio je govorio²	bili smo govorili²	bili ste govorili²	bili su govorili²
	Imperfect	govorah	govoraše	govoraše	govorasmo	govoraste	govorahu
Conditional I		govorio bih²	govorio bi²	govorio bi²	govorili bismo²	govorili biste²	govorili bi²
Conditional II		bio bih govorio²	bio bi govorio²	bio bi govorio²	bili bismo govorili²	bili biste govorili²	bili bi govorili²
Imperative		—	govori	—	govorimo	govorite	—
Active past participle		govorio m / govorila f / govorilo n			govorili m / govorile f / govorila n
Passive past participle		govoren m / govorena f / govoreno n			govoreni m / govorene f / govorena 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govoriti, from Proto-Indo-European *gow(H)- (“to call, cry”).

Verb

govoríti impf (first-person singular present govorím, past active participle govóril)

to speak
Moja sestra ne govori špansko, temveč govori portugalsko in katalonsko.
My sister doesn't speak Spanish, but she speaks Portuguese and Catalan.

Conjugation

Conjugation of govoríti

participles	adjectival	adverbial
infinitive	govoríti
supine	govôrit, govorít, govorìt
verbal noun	govorjênje
present active	govorèč	—
past active	govóril	—
past passive	govorjèn	—
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	govorím	—
2nd singular	govoríš	govôri
3rd singular	govorí	—
1st dual	govoríva	govoríva
2nd dual	govoríta	govoríta
3rd dual	govoríta	—
1st plural	govorímo	govorímo
2nd plural	govoríte	govoríte
3rd plural	govoríjo, govoré	—
Compound tenses (see govóril for all forms)
past indic.	sem govóril
pluperfect indic.	sem bil govóril
future indic.	bom govóril
present cond.	bi govóril
past cond.	bi bil govóril

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