требати

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terbati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trêbati/
  • Hyphenation: тре‧ба‧ти

Verb

тре̏бати impf (Latin spelling trȅbati)

  1. (transitive) to need, require
    Мислила сам да требаш помоћ. ― I thought you might need help.
  2. (impersonal) to be necessary, one should
    Требао бих о томе разговарати с оцем ― I should discuss it with my father
    Јеси ли сигуран да бисмо требали радити ово? ― Are you sure we should be doing this?
    Нисмо то требали учинити. ― We shouldn' t have done it.
  3. (impersonal) to be supposed to, to have to
    Само ми требаш в(ј)еровати. ― You just have to trust me on it.
    Тко га је требао зауставити? ― Who was supposed to stop him?

Conjugation

Conjugation of требати
Infinitive: требати Present verbal adverb: тре̏бајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: тре̏ба̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present требам требаш треба требамо требате требају
Future Future I требат ћу1
требаћу 		требат ћеш1
требаћеш 		требат ће1
требаће 		требат ћемо1
требаћемо 		требат ћете1
требаћете 		требат ће1
требаће
Future II бу̏де̄м требао2 бу̏де̄ш требао2 бу̏де̄ требао2 бу̏де̄мо требали2 бу̏де̄те требали2 бу̏дӯ требали2
Past Perfect требао сам2 требао си2 требао је2 требали смо2 требали сте2 требали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам требао2 би̏о си требао2 би̏о је требао2 би́ли смо требали2 би́ли сте требали2 би́ли су требали2
Imperfect требах требаше требаше требасмо требасте требаху
Conditional I требао бих2 требао би2 требао би2 требали бисмо2 требали бисте2 требали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих требао2 би̏о би требао2 би̏о би требао2 би́ли бисмо требали2 би́ли бисте требали2 би́ли би требали2
Imperative — требај — требајмо требајте —
Active past participle требао m / требала f / требало n требали m / требале f / требала 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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References

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