piti → pijem

Present of Piti

Level 2

The present forms are pijem, piješ, pije, pijemo, pijete and piju. Keep j in every form of this present series.

How It Works

Learn piti/pijem as a pair. First- and second-person plural are pijemo and pijete; third-person plural is piju, not a form built by adding -e to piti.

Drinks can be accusative objects: pijem vodu, pijem čaj. The noun may also be omitted when the intended meaning is clear, though a bare statement about drinking can suggest alcohol in some contexts.

The past pio/pila and imperative pij differ from the present. Do not keep the entire present stem when forming every other tense. Negation remains a separate word: ne pijem.

Examples (4)

  1. Pijem vodu.

    I am drinking water.

    Pijem is first-person singular.

  2. Piješ li čaj?

    Do you drink tea?

    The context permits a habitual reading.

  3. Pijemo kavu ujutro.

    We drink coffee in the morning.

    Pijemo is first-person plural.

  4. Djeca piju mlijeko.

    The children are drinking milk.

    Piju is third-person plural.

How It Connects

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piti → pijemLevel 2Present of Piti

Learn This First

These frequent verbs use their own stems with the e-series present endings.

Words in This Pattern

piti