клечати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klęčati.

Pronunciation

Verb

кле́чати impf (Latin spelling kléčati)

  1. (intransitive) to kneel

Conjugation

Conjugation of клечати
Infinitive: клечати Present verbal adverb: клечећи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: клечање
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present клечим клечиш клечи клечимо клечите {{{pr.3p}}}
Future Future I клечат ћу1
клечаћу 		клечат ћеш1
клечаћеш 		клечат ће1
клечаће 		клечат ћемо1
клечаћемо 		клечат ћете1
клечаћете 		клечат ће1
клечаће
Future II бу̏де̄м клечао2 бу̏де̄ш клечао2 бу̏де̄ клечао2 бу̏де̄мо клечали2 бу̏де̄те клечали2 бу̏дӯ клечали2
Past Perfect клечао сам2 клечао си2 клечао је2 клечали смо2 клечали сте2 клечали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам клечао2 би̏о си клечао2 би̏о је клечао2 би́ли смо клечали2 би́ли сте клечали2 би́ли су клечали2
Imperfect клечах клечаше клечаше клечасмо клечасте клечаху
Conditional I клечао бих2 клечао би2 клечао би2 клечали бисмо2 клечали бисте2 клечали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих клечао2 би̏о би клечао2 би̏о би клечао2 би́ли бисмо клечали2 би́ли бисте клечали2 би́ли би клечали2
Imperative — клечи — клечимо клечите —
Active past participle клечао m / клечала f / клечало n клечали m / клечале f / клечала 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

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