мачевати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mât͡ʃeʋati/
  • Hyphenation: ма‧че‧ва‧ти

Verb

ма̏чевати impf (Latin spelling mȁčevati)

  1. (reflexive) to fence (engage in fencing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of мачевати
Infinitive: мачевати Present verbal adverb: ма̀чујӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: ма̏чева̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present мачујем мачујеш мачује мачујемо мачујете мачују
Future Future I мачеват ћу1
мачеваћу 		мачеват ћеш1
мачеваћеш 		мачеват ће1
мачеваће 		мачеват ћемо1
мачеваћемо 		мачеват ћете1
мачеваћете 		мачеват ће1
мачеваће
Future II бу̏де̄м мачевао2 бу̏де̄ш мачевао2 бу̏де̄ мачевао2 бу̏де̄мо мачевали2 бу̏де̄те мачевали2 бу̏дӯ мачевали2
Past Perfect мачевао сам2 мачевао си2 мачевао је2 мачевали смо2 мачевали сте2 мачевали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам мачевао2 би̏о си мачевао2 би̏о је мачевао2 би́ли смо мачевали2 би́ли сте мачевали2 би́ли су мачевали2
Imperfect мачевах мачеваше мачеваше мачевасмо мачевасте мачеваху
Conditional I мачевао бих2 мачевао би2 мачевао би2 мачевали бисмо2 мачевали бисте2 мачевали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих мачевао2 би̏о би мачевао2 би̏о би мачевао2 би́ли бисмо мачевали2 би́ли бисте мачевали2 би́ли би мачевали2
Imperative — мачуј — мачујмо мачујте —
Active past participle мачевао m / мачевала f / мачевало n мачевали m / мачевале f / мачевала 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

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