nastaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- +‎ staviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎstaʋiti/
• Hyphenation: na‧sta‧vi‧ti

Verb

nàstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling на̀ставити)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to continue, to keep on (doing something)

   (with accusative) Otac želi da nastavim studiranje ― Father wants me to continue my studies

   (with s + instrumental) Bolje nastavi s v(j)ežbom. ― You'd better continue training.

   • (Croatia, with infinitive) Nastavila je igrati. ― She continued playing.
     • (Bosnia, Serbia, with da + subordinate clause) Nastavi da plivaš! ― Keep swimming!

Conjugation

Conjugation of nastaviti

Infinitive: nastaviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: nàstavīvši		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		nastavim	nastaviš	nastavi	nastavimo	nastavite	nastave
Future	Future I	nastavit ću1 nastaviću	nastavit ćeš1 nastavićeš	nastavit će1 nastaviće	nastavit ćemo1 nastavićemo	nastavit ćete1 nastavićete	nastavit će1 nastaviće
	Future II	bȕdēm nastavio2	bȕdēš nastavio2	bȕdē nastavio2	bȕdēmo nastavili2	bȕdēte nastavili2	bȕdū nastavili2
Past	Perfect	nastavio sam2	nastavio si2	nastavio je2	nastavili smo2	nastavili ste2	nastavili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam nastavio2	bȉo si nastavio2	bȉo je nastavio2	bíli smo nastavili2	bíli ste nastavili2	bíli su nastavili2
	Aorist	nastavih	nastavi	nastavi	nastavismo	nastaviste	nastaviše
Conditional I		nastavio bih2	nastavio bi2	nastavio bi2	nastavili bismo2	nastavili biste2	nastavili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih nastavio2	bȉo bi nastavio2	bȉo bi nastavio2	bíli bismo nastavili2	bíli biste nastavili2	bíli bi nastavili2
Imperative		—	nastavi	—	nastavimo	nastavite	—
Active past participle		nastavio m / nastavila f / nastavilo n			nastavili m / nastavile f / nastavila n
Passive past participle		nastavljen m / nastavljena f / nastavljeno n			nastavljeni m / nastavljene f / nastavljena 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

• nàstavljati impf