зевати

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zěːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: зе‧ва‧ти

Verb

зе́вати impf (Latin spelling zévati)

  1. (intransitive) to yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of зевати
Infinitive: зевати Present verbal adverb: зе́вајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: зе́ва̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present зевам зеваш зева зевамо зевате зевају
Future Future I зеват ћу1
зеваћу 		зеват ћеш1
зеваћеш 		зеват ће1
зеваће 		зеват ћемо1
зеваћемо 		зеват ћете1
зеваћете 		зеват ће1
зеваће
Future II бу̏де̄м зевао2 бу̏де̄ш зевао2 бу̏де̄ зевао2 бу̏де̄мо зевали2 бу̏де̄те зевали2 бу̏дӯ зевали2
Past Perfect зевао сам2 зевао си2 зевао је2 зевали смо2 зевали сте2 зевали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам зевао2 би̏о си зевао2 би̏о је зевао2 би́ли смо зевали2 би́ли сте зевали2 би́ли су зевали2
Imperfect зевах зеваше зеваше зевасмо зевасте зеваху
Conditional I зевао бих2 зевао би2 зевао би2 зевали бисмо2 зевали бисте2 зевали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих зевао2 би̏о би зевао2 би̏о би зевао2 би́ли бисмо зевали2 би́ли бисте зевали2 би́ли би зевали2
Imperative — зевај — зевајмо зевајте —
Active past participle зевао m / зевала f / зевало n зевали m / зевале f / зевала 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.

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