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Reći Conjugation

reći means "to say" in Croatian. Simplest present: ja kažem, ti kažeš, on / ona / ono kaže, mi kažemo, vi kažete, oni / one / ona kažu. Below: all 3 tenses we teach, with examples.

Simplest present prezent

Drop -ti from the infinitive and add -m, -š, -Ø, -mo, -te, -e/-ju to the stem. This one form covers both 'I do' and 'I am doing'.

jakažem
tikažeš
on / ona / onokaže
mikažemo
vikažete
oni / one / onakažu

Simplest past perfekt

Use the short present of 'biti' (sam, si, je, smo, ste, su) with the main verb's l-participle, which agrees with the subject's gender in the singular.

jarekao sam / rekla sam
tirekao si / rekla si
on / ona / onorekao je / rekla je / reklo je
mirekli smo
virekli ste
oni / one / onarekli su

Simplest future futur I.

Add the short present of 'htjeti' (ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će) after the infinitive; for -ti verbs the -i is dropped when written together as one unit (radit ću).

jareći ću
tireći ćeš
on / ona / onoreći će
mireći ćemo
vireći ćete
oni / one / onareći će

Examples

Što kažete?What do you say?
Rekao sam mu istinu.I told him the truth.

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