This is one more form of past tense. And this tense is used rarely, but used.
Aorist express a not long going or finished action in the past.
Aorist is always formed only from a perfective verb.
Let’s conjugate the verb OTKUCATI – to type.
One must only replace –TI by appropriate ending:
| Ja otkucah Ti otkuca On, ona otkuca Mi otkucasmo Vi otkucaste Oni otkucaše | I (have just) typed You (have just) typed He, she (have just) typed We (have just) typed You (have just) typed They (have just) typed |
Notice, that conjugations with Ti and On, ona have zero endings, i.e. cut off –ti.
Also, the Aorist is replaceable. One can use standard past tense instead of Aorist, and Aorist is really used rarely so that you maybe even won’t hear It anywhere, but it is worth knowing it. For example:
Napisao sam poruku upravo = Upravo napisah poruku – I have just written a message
Examples
Dolazismo odatle odmah – We have come from there right now
Da li završi telefonski poziv? – Have you finished the phone call?
Oni upravo pokušaše da me zovu – They have just tried to call me
Šta mu rekoste? – What have you told him?
Ovi ljudi upravo mi upitaše gde je ta ulica – These people have just asked me where is that street
To je to, odoh kući – That’s is, I go home