добивати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dobǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: до‧би‧ва‧ти

Verb

доби́вати impf (Latin spelling dobívati)

  1. imperfective form of добити

Conjugation

Conjugation of добивати
Infinitive: добивати Present verbal adverb: доби́вајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: доби́ва̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present добивам добиваш добива добивамо добивате добивају
Future Future I добиват ћу1
добиваћу 		добиват ћеш1
добиваћеш 		добиват ће1
добиваће 		добиват ћемо1
добиваћемо 		добиват ћете1
добиваћете 		добиват ће1
добиваће
Future II бу̏де̄м добивао2 бу̏де̄ш добивао2 бу̏де̄ добивао2 бу̏де̄мо добивали2 бу̏де̄те добивали2 бу̏дӯ добивали2
Past Perfect добивао сам2 добивао си2 добивао је2 добивали смо2 добивали сте2 добивали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам добивао2 би̏о си добивао2 би̏о је добивао2 би́ли смо добивали2 би́ли сте добивали2 би́ли су добивали2
Imperfect добивах добиваше добиваше добивасмо добивасте добиваху
Conditional I добивао бих2 добивао би2 добивао би2 добивали бисмо2 добивали бисте2 добивали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих добивао2 би̏о би добивао2 би̏о би добивао2 би́ли бисмо добивали2 би́ли бисте добивали2 би́ли би добивали2
Imperative — добивај — добивајмо добивајте —
Active past participle добивао m / добивала f / добивало n добивали m / добивале f / добивала n
Passive past participle добиван m / добивана f / добивано n добивани m / добиване f / добивана 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.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “добивати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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