играти

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьgrati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /îɡrati/
  • Hyphenation: и‧гра‧ти

Verb

и̏грати impf (Latin spelling ȉgrati)

  1. (intransitive) to play (game, sports etc.)
  2. (intransitive) to act, enact
  3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, transitive, intransitive) to dance
    Synonym: плесати (Croatia)
  4. (reflexive) to amuse oneself, toy with, play with

Conjugation

Conjugation of играти
Infinitive: играти Present verbal adverb: и̏грајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: и̏гра̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present играм играш игра играмо играте играју
Future Future I играт ћу1
играћу 		играт ћеш1
играћеш 		играт ће1
играће 		играт ћемо1
играћемо 		играт ћете1
играћете 		играт ће1
играће
Future II бу̏де̄м играо2 бу̏де̄ш играо2 бу̏де̄ играо2 бу̏де̄мо играли2 бу̏де̄те играли2 бу̏дӯ играли2
Past Perfect играо сам2 играо си2 играо је2 играли смо2 играли сте2 играли су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам играо2 би̏о си играо2 би̏о је играо2 би́ли смо играли2 би́ли сте играли2 би́ли су играли2
Imperfect играх играше играше играсмо играсте играху
Conditional I играо бих2 играо би2 играо би2 играли бисмо2 играли бисте2 играли би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих играо2 би̏о би играо2 би̏о би играо2 би́ли бисмо играли2 би́ли бисте играли2 би́ли би играли2
Imperative — играј — играјмо играјте —
Active past participle играо m / играла f / играло n играли m / играле f / играла 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

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