читати

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See also: чьтати

Old Church Slavonic

Verb

читати (čitatiimpf

  1. alternative form of чьтати (čĭtati)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čitati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt-. Common Balto-Slavic, compare Lithuanian skaitýti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǐtati/
  • Hyphenation: чи‧та‧ти

Verb

чѝтати impf (Latin spelling čìtati)

  1. (ambitransitive) to read

Conjugation

Conjugation of читати
infinitive читати
present verbal adverb чѝтајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun чѝта̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present читам читаш чита читамо читате читају
future future I читат ћу1
читаћу
читат ћеш1
читаћеш
читат ће1
читаће
читат ћемо1
читаћемо
читат ћете1
читаћете
читат ћē1
читаће
future II бу̏де̄м читао2 бу̏де̄ш читао2 бу̏де̄ читао2 бу̏де̄мо читали2 бу̏де̄те читали2 бу̏дӯ читали2
past perfect читао сам2 читао си2 читао је2 читали смо2 читали сте2 читали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам читао2 би̏о си читао2 би̏о је читао2 би́ли смо читали2 би́ли сте читали2 би́ли су читали2
imperfect читах читаше читаше читасмо читасте читаху
conditional conditional I читао бих2 читао би2 читао би2 читали бисмо2 читали бисте2 читали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих читао2 би̏о би читао2 би̏о би читао2 би́ли бисмо читали2 би́ли бисте читали2 би́ли би читали2
imperative читај читајмо читајте
active past participle читао m / читала f / читало n читали m / читале f / читала n
passive past participle читан m / читана f / читано n читани m / читане f / читана 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.

Derived terms

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čitati. Cognates include Russian чита́ть (čitátʹ), Belarusian чыта́ць (čytácʹ), Serbo-Croatian чи́тати, and Polish czytać.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: чи‧та‧ти

Verb

чита́ти (čytátyimpf (perfective прочита́ти)

  1. (transitive) to read

Conjugation

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