pitati
to ask; pitati se: to wonder (Pitam se…); (pita is also a noun, a pie: pita sa sirom)
спрашивать, спросить; pitati se — интересоваться, гадать (Pitam se…); (pita — также сущ. «пирог»: pita sa sirom)
With stress
pítati
In Cyrillic
питати
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- Sentence intonationStress across a word’s formsPresent tenseVerbal nouns and old participlesWhich case a verb takesIndirect questionsDirect & indirect speechMediation & relaying
Appears in immersion pieces
Hard bargaining: “Ask for a thousand” · Where do you bury survivors? Trick questions · Awkward studio moment, then a lyrics debate · Gojko the dog decides he’s coming with us · Personal questions: normal at home, taboo in the West · Milk Hunt: “No Cappuccino Today” · Life master prompt + a 90-day plan with AI · The dragon and the tsar's son · Why she has zero stage fright · ‘Sheep’ and closed pseudo-science circles · Why he hates pigeons · Romance vs. the condom · “Just kiss it for two seconds” — a guy's life hack · Justice and Injustice · Flatbread, clotted cream and… onion & mayo · Good News… Until the Shout · Packet “meat” soup—and eggs inside · When passion hits: taxi and the 8th floor · My monitor died: working without a second screen · A fan doesn’t recognize Kika—then sings her track · Fate (Usud) · Masks, bananas, and a surprise Mirko · 2018: The moment Serbian football could have changed · Delivery to the ICU: where to leave the order? · Epidemiologists kept in the basement · Tourists, Takeaway Meals, and Homemade Baking · Green Card Move: Would She Do It Again? · Why I don’t want to go back to Canada · “You’re a vet!”: arguing about rabies · Why he won’t buy a brand-new BMW · Hunting for a “Christmas tree” branch (and trying not to step in poop) · No One Will Cut the “Cursed” Walnut · A museum that feels like a street: shopfronts, workshops and an old phone · Caring for 28 dogs at once · US Food: Dyes, Marketing, and 'Parrots' · “Is it all a joke?”: his excuses · Last-minute haul: games at about 50 dinars each · Straining the cheese: bag and whey · Crystal-clear river and a crooked shepherd’s stick · Army haircuts: scissors, no clippers · First day at work · The cheapest item at Hugo Boss: socks · Why US Eggs Are Washed—and Chicken Smells · Three pills and a race: who solves it faster?
Next to it in the phrasebook
- ráditito work; to do (imperfective; also radi + Gen., a preposition: for…
- ìćito go; (of things) to go: Kako ti ide?, how are things going for you?
- dóćito come; doći do, to arrive at; to come about (Došlo je do greške)
- rȅćito say, to tell
- kázatito tell, to say (something to someone) (perfective and imperfective)
- dȁtito give (perfective)
- ùzētito take
- vȉdetito see (to watch deliberately is gledati)
- čȕtito hear (to listen deliberately is slušati)
- vòletito love; to like