Verb conjugator

Croatian verb conjugation tables

Type any Croatian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Croatian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Croatian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like biti (to be) or biti (to be), or type any Croatian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing biti (to be) · irregular; short/clitic present forms shown (also the perfect-tense auxiliary)

biti

to be irregular; short/clitic present forms shown (also the perfect-tense auxiliary)
Prezent
ja sam
ti si
on/ona/ono je
mi smo
vi ste
oni/one/ona su
Perfekt
ja sam bio/bila
ti si bio/bila
on/ona/ono je bio/bila/bilo
mi smo bili/bile
vi ste bili/bile
oni/one/ona su bili/bile/bila
Futur I
ja ću biti
ti ćeš biti
on/ona/ono će biti
mi ćemo biti
vi ćete biti
oni/one/ona će biti

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How Croatian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Prezent, Perfekt, Futur I.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular; short/clitic present forms shown (also the perfect-tense auxiliary) for biti, for example). Irregular verbs like biti (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Croatian verbs?

To conjugate a Croatian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take biti (to be): in the ja form it is sam now, sam bio/bila in the past, and ću biti in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Croatian verbs?

The most common Croatian verbs include biti (to be), imati (to have), ići (to go), htjeti (to want), moći (to be able to, can), jesti (to eat), raditi (to work, to do), govoriti (to speak, to talk). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Croatian verb conjugation hard?

Croatian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Croatian is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Croatian have?

These three, Prezent, Perfekt, Futur I, are the core of everyday Croatian and the right place to start. Real Croatian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.