brkati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъkati. Compare Russian бо́ркать (bórkatʹ). Compare ùzburkati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /břːkati/
  • Hyphenation: br‧ka‧ti

Verb

bŕkati impf (Cyrillic spelling бр́кати)

  1. (transitive) to confuse, mix up
    boje su slične pa ih često brkam ― the colors are similar so I mix them up a lot
  2. (reflexive) to interfere
    nemoj se brkati u moj posao ― don't interfere with my job

Conjugation

Conjugation of brkati
Infinitive: brkati Present verbal adverb: bŕkajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: bŕkānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present brkam brkaš brka brkamo brkate brkaju
Future Future I brkat ću1
brkaću 		brkat ćeš1
brkaćeš 		brkat će1
brkaće 		brkat ćemo1
brkaćemo 		brkat ćete1
brkaćete 		brkat će1
brkaće
Future II bȕdēm brkao2 bȕdēš brkao2 bȕdē brkao2 bȕdēmo brkali2 bȕdēte brkali2 bȕdū brkali2
Past Perfect brkao sam2 brkao si2 brkao je2 brkali smo2 brkali ste2 brkali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam brkao2 bȉo si brkao2 bȉo je brkao2 bíli smo brkali2 bíli ste brkali2 bíli su brkali2
Imperfect brkah brkaše brkaše brkasmo brkaste brkahu
Conditional I brkao bih2 brkao bi2 brkao bi2 brkali bismo2 brkali biste2 brkali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih brkao2 bȉo bi brkao2 bȉo bi brkao2 bíli bismo brkali2 bíli biste brkali2 bíli bi brkali2
Imperative — brkaj — brkajmo brkajte —
Active past participle brkao m / brkala f / brkalo n brkali m / brkale f / brkala n
Passive past participle brkan m / brkana f / brkano n brkani m / brkane f / brkana 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

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