moći
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *moťi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /môt͡ɕi/
- Hyphenation: mo‧ći
Verb
mȍći impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ћи)
- (intransitive) can, to be able to
- (intransitive) may, might
Conjugation
Conjugation of moći
| Infinitive: moći | Present verbal adverb: mȍgūći | Past verbal adverb: mȍgāvši | 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 | mogu (impf.) mognem (pf.) |
možeš (impf.) mogneš (pf.) |
može (impf.) mogne (pf.) |
možemo (impf.) mognemo (pf.) |
možete (impf.) mognete (pf.) |
mogu (impf.) mognu (pf.) | |
| Future | Future I | moći ću | moći ćeš | moći će | moći ćemo | moći ćete | moći će |
| Future II | bȕdēm mogao2 | bȕdēš mogao2 | bȕdē mogao2 | bȕdēmo mogli2 | bȕdēte mogli2 | bȕdū mogli2 | |
| Past | Perfect | mogao sam2 | mogao si2 | mogao je2 | mogli smo2 | mogli ste2 | mogli su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam mogao2 | bȉo si mogao2 | bȉo je mogao2 | bíli smo mogli2 | bíli ste mogli2 | bíli su mogli2 | |
| Aorist | mogoh | može | može | mogosmo | mogoste | mogoše | |
| Imperfect | mogah | mogaše | mogaše | mogasmo | mogaste | mogahu | |
| Conditional I | mogao bih2 | mogao bi2 | mogao bi2 | mogli bismo2 | mogli biste2 | mogli bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih mogao2 | bȉo bi mogao2 | bȉo bi mogao2 | bíli bismo mogli2 | bíli biste mogli2 | bíli bi mogli2 | |
| Imperative | — | mozi / mogni | — | mozimo / mognimo | mozite / mognite | — | |
| Active past participle | mogao m / mogla f / moglo n | mogli m / mogle f / mogla n | |||||
| Passive past participle | moguć m / moguća f / moguće n | mogući m / moguće f / moguća 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. | |||||||
Further reading
- Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904-1910), “mòći”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 883
- Vladimir Mažuranić (1908–1923), “moći”, in Prinosi za hrvatski pravno-povjestni rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, page 675
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