Present Tense - Learn Bosnian

Present Tense is created by auxiliary verb To Be – Biti.
The present tense is used to talk about:

an action in a present situation:
a habbit or repeated action:
a wish or command:
an action that started at a certain time in the past and continues into the present:
expressing the near future

Long version :

Short version: we can’t start a sentence with using enclitics alone.

Example of sentences using this form:

Negative form is created by adding ‘Ne’ to the short form of ‘Biti’:

Interrogative form is created in two ways:

Interrogative form creation of present tense second option:

Verb conjugation in present tense:

The present tense in Bosnian language is formed by adding corresponding endings to the verb’s base form in 1st person singular.

There are four groups of endings -em, -jem, -am, -im.

A little tip: try to memorize the 1st person singular of the verb in order to create other forms of the same verb (and the same tense) more easily!

For ex. SANJATI; sanj (verb’s base form in present, 1st person sing.) + am (ending) = sanjam

Person	ending -em	ending -jem	ending -am	ending -im
	Pisati/ To write	Bolovati / To feel sick	Spavati / To sleep	Voljeti / To love

note: It is important to keep in mind that some verbs that end on –ati will have -i conjugation.

Example:

Bojati se	Držati se	Stajati
To fear	To keep	To stand