позвати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pozъvati. Compare Czech pozvat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒzʋati/
  • Hyphenation: по‧зва‧ти

Verb

по̀звати pf (Latin spelling pòzvati)

  1. (transitive) to call (to come closer)
  2. (transitive) to invite (for a dinner etc.)
  3. (transitive) to summon (to a court, ghost etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of позвати
infinitive позвати
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb по̀зва̄вши
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present позовем позовеш позове позовемо позовете позову
future future I позват ћу1
позваћу
позват ћеш1
позваћеш
позват ће1
позваће
позват ћемо1
позваћемо
позват ћете1
позваћете
позват ћē1
позваће
future II бу̏де̄м позвао2 бу̏де̄ш позвао2 бу̏де̄ позвао2 бу̏де̄мо позвали2 бу̏де̄те позвали2 бу̏дӯ позвали2
past perfect позвао сам2 позвао си2 позвао је2 позвали смо2 позвали сте2 позвали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам позвао2 би̏о си позвао2 би̏о је позвао2 би́ли смо позвали2 би́ли сте позвали2 би́ли су позвали2
aorist позвах позва позва позвасмо позвасте позваше
conditional conditional I позвао бих2 позвао би2 позвао би2 позвали бисмо2 позвали бисте2 позвали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих позвао2 би̏о би позвао2 би̏о би позвао2 би́ли бисмо позвали2 би́ли бисте позвали2 би́ли би позвали2
imperative позови позовимо позовите
active past participle позвао m / позвала f / позвало n позвали m / позвале f / позвала n
passive past participle позван m / позвана f / позвано n позвани m / позване f / позвана 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

  • позвати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025