описивати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /opisǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: о‧пи‧си‧ва‧ти

Verb

описи́вати impf (Latin spelling opisívati)

  1. (transitive) to describe
  2. (transitive, mathematics) to circumscribe
  3. (transitive) to trace, describe (of a trajectory and similar)

Conjugation

Conjugation of описивати
Infinitive: описивати Present verbal adverb: опѝсујӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: описи́ва̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present описујем описујеш описује описујемо описујете описују
Future Future I описиват ћу1
описиваћу 		описиват ћеш1
описиваћеш 		описиват ће1
описиваће 		описиват ћемо1
описиваћемо 		описиват ћете1
описиваћете 		описиват ће1
описиваће
Future II бу̏де̄м описивао2 бу̏де̄ш описивао2 бу̏де̄ описивао2 бу̏де̄мо описивали2 бу̏де̄те описивали2 бу̏дӯ описивали2
Past Perfect описивао сам2 описивао си2 описивао је2 описивали смо2 описивали сте2 описивали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам описивао2 би̏о си описивао2 би̏о је описивао2 би́ли смо описивали2 би́ли сте описивали2 би́ли су описивали2
Imperfect описивах описиваше описиваше описивасмо описивасте описиваху
Conditional I описивао бих2 описивао би2 описивао би2 описивали бисмо2 описивали бисте2 описивали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих описивао2 би̏о би описивао2 би̏о би описивао2 би́ли бисмо описивали2 би́ли бисте описивали2 би́ли би описивали2
Imperative — описуј — описујмо описујте —
Active past participle описивао m / описивала f / описивало n описивали m / описивале f / описивала n
Passive past participle описиван m / описивана f / описивано n описивани m / описиване f / описивана 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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