Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (“to ask, examine”).
пи́тати impf (Latin spelling pítati)
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.
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pitàti (“to feed”).
пи̏тати impf (Latin spelling pȉtati)
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.
From Old East Slavic пꙑтати (pytati), from Proto-Slavic *pytati.
пита́ти • (pytáty) impf (perfective спита́ти)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | пита́ти, пита́ть pytáty, pytátʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | пита́ючи pytájučy |
пита́вши pytávšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
пита́ю pytáju |
бу́ду пита́ти, бу́ду пита́ть, пита́тиму búdu pytáty, búdu pytátʹ, pytátymu |
| 2nd singular ти |
пита́єш pytáješ |
бу́деш пита́ти, бу́деш пита́ть, пита́тимеш búdeš pytáty, búdeš pytátʹ, pytátymeš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
пита́є pytáje |
бу́де пита́ти, бу́де пита́ть, пита́тиме búde pytáty, búde pytátʹ, pytátyme |
| 1st plural ми |
пита́єм, пита́ємо pytájem, pytájemo |
бу́демо пита́ти, бу́демо пита́ть, пита́тимемо, пита́тимем búdemo pytáty, búdemo pytátʹ, pytátymemo, pytátymem |
| 2nd plural ви |
пита́єте pytájete |
бу́дете пита́ти, бу́дете пита́ть, пита́тимете búdete pytáty, búdete pytátʹ, pytátymete |
| 3rd plural вони |
пита́ють pytájutʹ |
бу́дуть пита́ти, бу́дуть пита́ть, пита́тимуть búdutʹ pytáty, búdutʹ pytátʹ, pytátymutʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | пита́ймо pytájmo |
| second-person | пита́й pytáj |
пита́йте pytájte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
пита́в pytáv |
пита́ли pytály |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
пита́ла pytála | |
| neuter воно |
пита́ло pytálo | |