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Verbs of motion and prefixes (ići, doći, otići…)

The verb ići (go) gives a whole family. The perfective forms in -ći have a present in -đem and a participle in -šao:

perfectivepresentparticipleimperfectivemeaning
doćidođemdošaodolaziticome, arrive
otićiodemotišaoodlazitileave, go away
ućiuđemušaoulazitigo in
izaći / izićiizađemizašaoizlazitigo out
proćiprođemprošaoprolazitipass
prićipriđemprišaoprilazitiapproach
preći / prijećipređemprešaoprelaziticross
naćinađemnašaonalazitifind

Prefix meanings (also valid for nositi, voziti, voditi…): do- up to here, od- / o- away from, u- into, iz- out of, pri- towards, near, pro- through, past, pre- over, across, s(a)- down, za- behind, round the corner.

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