откривати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /otkrǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: от‧кри‧ва‧ти

Verb

откри́вати impf (Latin spelling otkrívati)

  1. (transitive) to uncover, bare
  2. (transitive) to discover
  3. (transitive) to reveal
  4. (transitive) to unveil

Conjugation

Conjugation of откривати
Infinitive: откривати Present verbal adverb: откри́вајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: откри́ва̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present откривам откриваш открива откривамо откривате откривају
Future Future I откриват ћу1
откриваћу 		откриват ћеш1
откриваћеш 		откриват ће1
откриваће 		откриват ћемо1
откриваћемо 		откриват ћете1
откриваћете 		откриват ће1
откриваће
Future II бу̏де̄м откривао2 бу̏де̄ш откривао2 бу̏де̄ откривао2 бу̏де̄мо откривали2 бу̏де̄те откривали2 бу̏дӯ откривали2
Past Perfect откривао сам2 откривао си2 откривао је2 откривали смо2 откривали сте2 откривали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам откривао2 би̏о си откривао2 би̏о је откривао2 би́ли смо откривали2 би́ли сте откривали2 би́ли су откривали2
Imperfect откривах откриваше откриваше откривасмо откривасте откриваху
Conditional I откривао бих2 откривао би2 откривао би2 откривали бисмо2 откривали бисте2 откривали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих откривао2 би̏о би откривао2 би̏о би откривао2 би́ли бисмо откривали2 би́ли бисте откривали2 би́ли би откривали2
Imperative — откривај — откривајмо откривајте —
Active past participle откривао m / откривала f / откривало n откривали m / откривале f / откривала n
Passive past participle откриван m / откривана f / откривано n откривани m / откриване f / откривана 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

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