Reminder: Please note that some rules have been intentionally omitted from this tutorial. Only the general rules that are essential for those just starting to learn Serbian have been included.

Serbian infinitive ends with -ti and -ći, but we will just discuss the -ti in this lesson

Remember all that are written in the table:

General Rule:

REMOVE -ti

then add ...

Ja - m

Ti - š

On / Ona -

Mi - mo

Vi - te

Oni - ends with a then add ju, ends with "i" then change to "e"

Present Tense

Examples:

Infinitive: raditi - work / do

radim - I'm working

radiš - You are working (Singular)

radi - He / She is working

radimo - We are working

radite - You are working (Plural)

rade - They are working

Infinitive: kuvati - cook

kuvam - I'm cooking

kuvaš - You are cooking (Singular)

kuva - He / She is cooking

kuvamo - We are cooking

kuvate - You are cooking (Plural)

Kuvaju - They are cooking

General Rule:

REMOVE -ti

then add ...

masculine singular - o

masculine plural -li

feminine singular - la

feminine plural - le

neuter singular - lo

neuter plural - la

Past Tense

Examples:

Infinitive: raditi - work / do

radio - masculine singular

radili - masculine plural

radila - feminine singula

radile - feminine plural

radilo - neuter singular

radila - neuter plural

Ja sam radio. I worked. (I - male singular)

Ja sam radila. I worked (I - female singular)

Mi smo radili. We worked (We - all are males)

Mi smo radile. We worked (We - all are females)

General Rule:

REMOVE -ti

then add ...

Future Tense

Examples:

Infinitive: raditi - work / do

radiću - I will work.

radićeš - You will work. (Singular)

radiće - He / She will work.

radićemo - We will work.

radićete - You will work. (Plural)

radiće - They will work

Infinitive: kuvati - cook

kuvaću - I will cook

kuvaćeš - You will cook (Singular)

kuvaće - He / She will cook

kuvaćemo - We will cook

kuvaćete - You will cook (Plural)

kuvaće - They will cook