jesti / piti

Eating and Drinking: Jesti and Piti

Level 2

Present of eating and drinking.

How It Works

	jesti (eat)	piti (drink)
ja	jedem	pijem
ti	jedeš	piješ
on, ona, ono	jede	pije
mi	jedemo	pijemo
vi	jedete	pijete
oni	jedu	piju

The thing eaten or drunk is the object and takes the accusative: jedem hljeb, pijem kafu, pijem mlijeko.

The infinitive hides the stem. Notice that jesti shows jes- but the present uses jed-. You can also use jedem in the sense of I am eating now or I eat often, because the one present covers both.

The past is jeo, jela and pio, pila, and the imperative is jedi and pij.

Examples (4)

Ujutro pijem kafu.
I drink coffee in the morning.
Pijem is the I form of piti.
Šta jedeš?
What are you eating?
Jedeš is the you form of jesti.
Djeca jedu pitu.
The children are eating pie.
Jedu is the they form.
Mi pijemo čaj u bašči.
We drink tea in the garden.
Pijemo is the we form.

Common Mistakes

Using the wrong stem.
Ja jesem hljeb.
Ja jedem hljeb.
The present of jesti uses the stem jed-.

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jesti / pitiLevel 2Eating and Drinking: Jesti and Piti

Learn This First

Jesti and piti are common verbs.

Present in -em
They follow irregular patterns near this group.
Level 1

Words in This Pattern

jestipiti

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