putuje

Putuje is a common verb form in the South Slavic languages Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian. It is the third-person singular present tense (present indicative) of the verb putovati, which means to travel or to be traveling. The word is used to describe someone who travels or is traveling, with the exact meaning shaped by context.

Etymology and morphology: Putovati derives from put, meaning road, path, or journey, with the standard infinitive suffix -ovati. The present tense forms include ja putujem, ti putuješ, on/ona/ono putuje, mi putujemo, vi putujete, oni putuju. The form putuje carries no explicit subject in many sentences; the subject is inferred from the verb form and context. The spelling is the same in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian in Latin script; in Cyrillic it appears as путује.

Usage: Putuje is used in everyday speech, travel writing, and news reports to indicate travel by a person or group. Examples: "On putuje danas u Prag" (He travels today to Prague) or "Ona putuje često zbog posla" (She travels often for work). It can express habitual travel as well as actions occurring in the near future or present, depending on accompanying time expressions.

Related terms: putovanje (travel, trip), putnik (traveler), putovati (to travel). In Serbian Cyrillic, putuje is written путује; in Croatian and Bosnian Latin script, it is putuje.