tonuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti, from *topiti +‎ *-nǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǒnuti/
• Hyphenation: to‧nu‧ti

Verb

tònuti impf (Cyrillic spelling то̀нути)

1. (intransitive) to sink

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonuti

Infinitive: tonuti		Present verbal adverb: tònūći		Past verbal adverb: tonuvši		Verbal noun: tonuće
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		tonem	toneš	tone	tonemo	tonete	tonu
Future	Future I	tonut ću1 tonuću	tonut ćeš1 tonućeš	tonut će1 tonuće	tonut ćemo1 tonućemo	tonut ćete1 tonućete	tonut će1 tonuće
	Future II	bȕdēm tonuo2	bȕdēš tonuo2	bȕdē tonuo2	bȕdēmo tonuli2	bȕdēte tonuli2	bȕdū tonuli2
Past	Perfect	tonuo sam2	tonuo si2	tonuo je2	tonuli smo2	tonuli ste2	tonuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam tonuo2	bȉo si tonuo2	bȉo je tonuo2	bíli smo tonuli2	bíli ste tonuli2	bíli su tonuli2
	Imperfect	tonjah	tonjaše	tonjaše	tonjasmo	tonjaste	tonjahu
Conditional I		tonuo bih2	tonuo bi2	tonuo bi2	tonuli bismo2	tonuli biste2	tonuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih tonuo2	bȉo bi tonuo2	bȉo bi tonuo2	bíli bismo tonuli2	bíli biste tonuli2	bíli bi tonuli2
Imperative		—	toni	—	tonimo	tonite	—
Active past participle		tonuo m / tonula f / tonulo n			tonuli m / tonule f / tonula 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

• potònuti
• utònuti