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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šьpъtati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃǎptati/
  • Hyphenation: шап‧та‧ти

Verb

ша̀птати impf (Latin spelling šàptati)

  1. (ambitransitive) to whisper
  2. (theater and television) to prompt

Conjugation

Conjugation of шаптати
infinitive шаптати
present verbal adverb ша̏пћӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ша̀пта̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present шапћем шапћеш шапће шапћемо шапћете шапћу
future future I шаптат ћу1
шаптаћу
шаптат ћеш1
шаптаћеш
шаптат ће1
шаптаће
шаптат ћемо1
шаптаћемо
шаптат ћете1
шаптаћете
шаптат ћē1
шаптаће
future II бу̏де̄м шаптао2 бу̏де̄ш шаптао2 бу̏де̄ шаптао2 бу̏де̄мо шаптали2 бу̏де̄те шаптали2 бу̏дӯ шаптали2
past perfect шаптао сам2 шаптао си2 шаптао је2 шаптали смо2 шаптали сте2 шаптали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам шаптао2 би̏о си шаптао2 би̏о је шаптао2 би́ли смо шаптали2 би́ли сте шаптали2 би́ли су шаптали2
imperfect шаптах шапташе шапташе шаптасмо шаптасте шаптаху
conditional conditional I шаптао бих2 шаптао би2 шаптао би2 шаптали бисмо2 шаптали бисте2 шаптали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих шаптао2 би̏о би шаптао2 би̏о би шаптао2 би́ли бисмо шаптали2 би́ли бисте шаптали2 би́ли би шаптали2
imperative шапћи шапћимо шапћите
active past participle шаптао m / шаптала f / шаптало n шаптали m / шаптале f / шаптала 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

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