Verb conjugator

Serbian verb conjugation tables

Type any Serbian verb, or pick one of 15 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

Serbian 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 15 of the most common Serbian verbs across 4 core tenses. Pick a verb like biti (to be) or biti (to be), or type any Serbian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing biti (to be) · irregular; sam/si/je/smo/ste/su also serve as the perfekat auxiliary for every verb

biti

to be irregular; sam/si/je/smo/ste/su also serve as the perfekat auxiliary for every verb
Prezent
ja sam
ti si
on/ona/ono je
mi smo
vi ste
oni/one/ona su
Perfekat
ja sam bio
ti si bio
on je bio
mi smo bili
vi ste bili
oni su bili
Futur I
ja ću biti
ti ćeš biti
on/ona/ono će biti
mi ćemo biti
vi ćete biti
oni/one/ona će biti
Potencijal
ja bih bio
ti bi bio
on bi bio
mi bismo bili
vi biste bili
oni bi bili

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How Serbian 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 4 core tenses: Prezent, Perfekat, Futur I, Potencijal.

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; sam/si/je/smo/ste/su also serve as the perfekat auxiliary for every verb 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 Serbian verbs?

To conjugate a Serbian 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 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 Serbian verbs?

The most common Serbian verbs include biti (to be), imati (to have), hteti (to want), ići (to go), doći (to come), moći (to be able, can), raditi (to do, to work), govoriti (to speak). 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 15.

Is Serbian verb conjugation hard?

Serbian 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. Serbian 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 Serbian have?

These three, Prezent, Perfekat, Futur I, Potencijal, are the core of everyday Serbian and the right place to start. Real Serbian 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.