оговарати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From о- + говор, говорити.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɡoʋǎːrati/
  • Hyphenation: о‧го‧ва‧ра‧ти

Verb

огова́рати impf (Latin spelling ogovárati)

  1. (transitive) to badmouth
    оговарали смо те иза леђа ― we were badmouthing you behind your back
    кучка је отишла..хајдемо је оговорати! ― the bitch is gone..let's trash-talk her!

Conjugation

Conjugation of оговарати
Infinitive: оговарати Present verbal adverb: огова́рајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: огова́ра̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present оговарам оговараш оговара оговарамо оговарате оговарају
Future Future I оговарат ћу1
оговараћу 		оговарат ћеш1
оговараћеш 		оговарат ће1
оговараће 		оговарат ћемо1
оговараћемо 		оговарат ћете1
оговараћете 		оговарат ће1
оговараће
Future II бу̏де̄м оговарао2 бу̏де̄ш оговарао2 бу̏де̄ оговарао2 бу̏де̄мо оговарали2 бу̏де̄те оговарали2 бу̏дӯ оговарали2
Past Perfect оговарао сам2 оговарао си2 оговарао је2 оговарали смо2 оговарали сте2 оговарали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам оговарао2 би̏о си оговарао2 би̏о је оговарао2 би́ли смо оговарали2 би́ли сте оговарали2 би́ли су оговарали2
Imperfect оговарах оговараше оговараше оговарасмо оговарасте оговараху
Conditional I оговарао бих2 оговарао би2 оговарао би2 оговарали бисмо2 оговарали бисте2 оговарали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих оговарао2 би̏о би оговарао2 би̏о би оговарао2 би́ли бисмо оговарали2 би́ли бисте оговарали2 би́ли би оговарали2
Imperative — оговарај — оговарајмо оговарајте —
Active past participle оговарао m / оговарала f / оговарало n оговарали m / оговарале f / оговарала n
Passive past participle оговаран m / оговарана f / оговарано n оговарани m / оговаране f / оговарана 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.

References

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