znati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *znati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /znâti/
Hyphenation: zna‧ti

Verb

znȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling зна̏ти)

(transitive, intransitive) to know (some information)
(transitive, intransitive) to know, to be familiar with (someone)
(transitive) to be privy to (a secret)
(transitive) to be versed in, to be familiar with (a skill)

Conjugation

Conjugation of znati

Infinitive: znati		Present verbal adverb: znȁjūći / znádūći		Past verbal adverb: —		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		znam / znadem	znaš / znadeš	zna / znade	znamo / znademo	znate / znedete	znaju / znadu
Future	Future I	znat ću¹ znaću	znat ćeš¹ znaćeš	znat će¹ znaće	znat ćemo¹ znaćemo	znat ćete¹ znaćete	znat će¹ znaće
Future	Future II	budem znao²	budeš znao²	bude znao²	budemo znali²	budete znali²	budu znali²
Past	Perfect	znao sam²	znao si²	znao je²	znali smo²	znali ste²	znali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam znao²	bio si znao²	bio je znao²	bili smo znali²	bili ste znali²	bili su znali²
	Imperfect	znah	znaše	znaše	znasmo	znaste	znahu
Conditional I		znao bih²	znao bi²	znao bi²	znali bismo²	znali biste²	znali bi²
Conditional II		bio bih znao²	bio bi znao²	bio bi znao²	bili bismo znali²	bili biste znali²	bili bi znali²
Imperative		—	znaj	—	znajmo	znajte	—
Active past participle		znao m / znala f / znalo n			znali m / znale f / znala n
Passive past participle		znan m / znana f / znano n			znani m / znane f / znana 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

Terms derived from znati

dòznati (“to find out”)
pòznati (“to know, have knowledge of; to recognize, make out”)
prepòznati (“to recognize”)
prìznati (“to acknowledge, recognize; to own, confess; to admit; to concede the claim; to appreciate; to plead guilty”)

raspòznati (“to tell apart, recognize, discern, make out”)
razàznati (“to distinguish, make out, differentiate”)
sàznati (“to find out, come to know”)
spòznati (“to comprehend, conceive; to become aware or cognizant of; to learn”)

upòznati (“to get acquainted with; to meet, get introduced to; to learn; to experience”)
znánac m (“acquaintance”)
znánje n (“knowledge”)
znȁnōst f (“science”)

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