ручати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǔːt͡ʃati/
  • Hyphenation: ру‧ча‧ти

Verb

ру́чати impf or pf (Latin spelling rúčati)

  1. (intransitive) to dine, have dinner/lunch (midday meal)
  2. (transitive) to eat for dinner/lunch (midday meal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ручати
Infinitive: ручати Present verbal adverb: ру́чајӯћи Past verbal adverb: ручавши Verbal noun: ру́ча̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present ручам ручаш руча ручамо ручате ручају
Future Future I ручат ћу1
ручаћу 		ручат ћеш1
ручаћеш 		ручат ће1
ручаће 		ручат ћемо1
ручаћемо 		ручат ћете1
ручаћете 		ручат ће1
ручаће
Future II бу̏де̄м ручао2 бу̏де̄ш ручао2 бу̏де̄ ручао2 бу̏де̄мо ручали2 бу̏де̄те ручали2 бу̏дӯ ручали2
Past Perfect ручао сам2 ручао си2 ручао је2 ручали смо2 ручали сте2 ручали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам ручао2 би̏о си ручао2 би̏о је ручао2 би́ли смо ручали2 би́ли сте ручали2 би́ли су ручали2
Aorist ручах руча руча ручасмо ручасте ручаше
Imperfect ручах ручаше ручаше ручасмо ручасте ручаху
Conditional I ручао бих2 ручао би2 ручао би2 ручали бисмо2 ручали бисте2 ручали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих ручао2 би̏о би ручао2 би̏о би ручао2 би́ли бисмо ручали2 би́ли бисте ручали2 би́ли би ручали2
Imperative — ручај — ручајмо ручајте —
Active past participle ручао m / ручала f / ручало n ручали m / ручале f / ручала n
Passive past participle ручан m / ручана f / ручано n ручани m / ручане f / ручана 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

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