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Serbian Past Tense

The document discusses the Serbian past tense (prošlo vreme). The past tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past, whether finished or not. It is formed by combining the present tense of the verb "biti" (to be) with the past participle. The present tense of "biti" provides the person and number, while the past participle is formed by adding endings like "-o", "-la", or "-lo" to the infinitive stem. Examples show conjugating the past tense of the verb "raditi" (to work) according to person, gender, and number.

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Serbian Past Tense

The document discusses the Serbian past tense (prošlo vreme). The past tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past, whether finished or not. It is formed by combining the present tense of the verb "biti" (to be) with the past participle. The present tense of "biti" provides the person and number, while the past participle is formed by adding endings like "-o", "-la", or "-lo" to the infinitive stem. Examples show conjugating the past tense of the verb "raditi" (to work) according to person, gender, and number.

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THE SERBIAN PAST TENSE (PROLO VREME)

The past tense is used:


i)
to describe some action that happened (but not necessarily finished) in the past.
Formation of the past tense:
FORMULA:
PRESENT TENSE OF BITI TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
The present tense of biti is discussed in more details in the section that deals with present tense
of irregular verbs. For convenience, below I provide the table of all present tense forms of biti.
Table1: Present tense of biti to be
Person
Short (clitic) forms
Full (non-clitic) forms
Ja (I)
sam
jesam
Ti (you)
si
jesi
On/ona/ono (he/she/it
je
jeste
Mi (we)
smo
jesmo
Vi (you)
ste
jeste
Oni/one/ona (they)
su
jesu
Note: For past tense formation, you generally use clitic (short or unaccented) forms of jesam
Table 2: Past participle endings
Gender
Singular
Masculine
-o
Feminine
-la
Neuter
-lo

Plural
-li
-le
-la

The above past participle endings are added to the infinitive stems to make the past participle.
What is the infinitive stem?
Infinitive stem = infinitive verb (what is listed in the dictionary) minus infinitive ending: iti/eti/ati.
Please refer to the present tense file for more details.
Table 3: Examples of past tense conjugation of the verb raditi to work
PERSON
Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Ja (I)
sam radio
sam radila
Ti (you)
si radio
si radila
On/ona/ono (he/she/it
je radio
je radila
je radilo
Mi (we)
smo radili
smo radile
Vi (you)
ste radili
ste radile
Oni/one/ona (they)
su radili
su radile
su radila

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