baviti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧vi‧ti

Verb

bȁviti impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̏вити)

  1. (reflexive, with instrumental) to do, attend, engage in, go in for, occupy oneself with
    Bavi se jogom. ― He goes in for yoga.
    Čim se bavite? ― What do you do (for a job)?
    Bavim se prodajom knjiga. ― I sell books. (as a job)
  2. (reflexive, with s + instrumental) to deal with

Conjugation

Conjugation of baviti
Infinitive: baviti Present verbal adverb: bȁvēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: bȁvljēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bavim baviš bavi bavimo bavite bave
Future Future I bavit ću1
baviću 		bavit ćeš1
bavićeš 		bavit će1
baviće 		bavit ćemo1
bavićemo 		bavit ćete1
bavićete 		bavit će1
baviće
Future II bȕdēm bavio2 bȕdēš bavio2 bȕdē bavio2 bȕdēmo bavili2 bȕdēte bavili2 bȕdū bavili2
Past Perfect bavio sam2 bavio si2 bavio je2 bavili smo2 bavili ste2 bavili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bavio2 bȉo si bavio2 bȉo je bavio2 bíli smo bavili2 bíli ste bavili2 bíli su bavili2
Imperfect bavljah bavljaše bavljaše bavljasmo bavljaste bavljahu
Conditional I bavio bih2 bavio bi2 bavio bi2 bavili bismo2 bavili biste2 bavili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bavio2 bȉo bi bavio2 bȉo bi bavio2 bíli bismo bavili2 bíli biste bavili2 bíli bi bavili2
Imperative — bavi — bavimo bavite —
Active past participle bavio m / bavila f / bavilo n bavili m / bavile f / bavila 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

References

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