znati

See also: znáti and знати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

znȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling зна̏ти)

(transitive, intransitive) to know (some information)
Znam da si alergičan na mačke. ― I know that you are allergic to cats.
(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	znȃmo / 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	bȕdēm znao²	bȕdēš znao²	bȕdē znao²	bȕdēmo znali²	bȕdēte znali²	bȕdū znali²
Past	Perfect	znao sam²	znao si²	znao je²	znali smo²	znali ste²	znali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam znao²	bȉo si znao²	bȉo je znao²	bíli smo znali²	bíli ste znali²	bíli su znali²
	Imperfect	znah / znadijah	znaše / znadijaše	znaše / znadijaše	znasmo / znadijasmo	znaste / znadijaste	znahu / znadijahu
Conditional I		znao bih²	znao bi²	znao bi²	znali bismo²	znali biste²	znali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih znao²	bȉo bi znao²	bȉo bi znao²	bíli bismo znali²	bíli biste znali²	bíli 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. 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.

Derived terms

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”)
znȁnōst f (“science”)
znánje n (“knowledge”)

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /znàːti/

Verb

znáti impf

to know
to be able

Inflection

-ati -am (AP a)
infinitive	znáti
1st singular	znȃm
infinitive	znáti		znȁt
supine	znȁt
verbal noun	znȃnje
	participle		converb
present	znajọ̄č		—
past	znán		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	znȁł	znála		ználo
dual	znála	ználi		ználi
plural	ználi	znále		znála
	present		imperative
1st singular	znȃm		—
2nd singular	znȃš		znȁj
3rd singular	znȃ		—
1st dual	znȃva		znȃjva
2nd dual	znȃta		znȃjta
3rd dual	znȃta		—
1st plural	znȃmo		znȃjmo
2nd plural	znȃte		znȃjte
3rd plural	znȃjo		—

Derived terms