čapati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čapati.

Verb

čapati impf (Cyrillic spelling чапати)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to grab, snatch

Conjugation

Conjugation of čapati
Infinitive: čapati Present verbal adverb: čapajući Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: čapanje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present čapam čapaš čapa čapamo čapate čapaju
Future Future I čapat ću1
čapaću 		čapat ćeš1
čapaćeš 		čapat će1
čapaće 		čapat ćemo1
čapaćemo 		čapat ćete1
čapaćete 		čapat će1
čapaće
Future II bȕdēm čapao2 bȕdēš čapao2 bȕdē čapao2 bȕdēmo čapali2 bȕdēte čapali2 bȕdū čapali2
Past Perfect čapao sam2 čapao si2 čapao je2 čapali smo2 čapali ste2 čapali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam čapao2 bȉo si čapao2 bȉo je čapao2 bíli smo čapali2 bíli ste čapali2 bíli su čapali2
Imperfect čepah čepaše čapaše čapasmo čapaste čapahu
Conditional I čapao bih2 čapao bi2 čapao bi2 čapali bismo2 čapali biste2 čapali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih čapao2 bȉo bi čapao2 bȉo bi čapao2 bíli bismo čapali2 bíli biste čapali2 bíli bi čapali2
Imperative — čapaj — čapajmo čapajte —
Active past participle čapao m / čapala f / čapalo n čapali m / čapale f / čapala n
Passive past participle čapan m / čapana f / čapano n čapani m / čapane f / čapana n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Further reading

  • “čapati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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