čijati

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Verb

čìjati impf (Cyrillic spelling чѝјати)

  1. alternative form of čèhati

Conjugation

Conjugation of čijati
Infinitive: čijati Present verbal adverb: čìjajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: čìjānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present čìjām čijaš čija čijamo čijate čijaju
Future Future I čijat ću1
čijaću 		čijat ćeš1
čijaćeš 		čijat će1
čijaće 		čijat ćemo1
čijaćemo 		čijat ćete1
čijaćete 		čijat će1
čijaće
Future II bȕdēm čijao2 bȕdēš čijao2 bȕdē čijao2 bȕdēmo čijali2 bȕdēte čijali2 bȕdū čijali2
Past Perfect čijao sam2 čijao si2 čijao je2 čijali smo2 čijali ste2 čijali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam čijao2 bȉo si čijao2 bȉo je čijao2 bíli smo čijali2 bíli ste čijali2 bíli su čijali2
Imperfect čijah čijaše čijaše čijasmo čijaste čijahu
Conditional I čijao bih2 čijao bi2 čijao bi2 čijali bismo2 čijali biste2 čijali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih čijao2 bȉo bi čijao2 bȉo bi čijao2 bíli bismo čijali2 bíli biste čijali2 bíli bi čijali2
Imperative — čijaj — čijajmo čijajte —
Active past participle čijao m / čijala f / čijalo n čijali m / čijale f / čijala n
Passive past participle čijan m / čijana f / čijano n čijani m / čijane f / čijana 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.

References

  • “čijati”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 877
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