nastaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- +‎ staviti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

nàstaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling на̀ставити)

(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	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