davati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *davati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: da‧va‧ti

Verb

dávati impf (Cyrillic spelling да́вати)

  1. imperfective form of dȁti

Conjugation

Conjugation of davati
Infinitive: davati Present verbal adverb: dávajūći / dájūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: dávānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present dajem daješ daje dajemo dajete daju
Future Future I davat ću1
davaću 		davat ćeš1
davaćeš 		davat će1
davaće 		davat ćemo1
davaćemo 		davat ćete1
davaćete 		davat će1
davaće
Future II bȕdēm davao2 bȕdēš davao2 bȕdē davao2 bȕdēmo davali2 bȕdēte davali2 bȕdū davali2
Past Perfect davao sam2 davao si2 davao je2 davali smo2 davali ste2 davali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam davao2 bȉo si davao2 bȉo je davao2 bíli smo davali2 bíli ste davali2 bíli su davali2
Imperfect davah davaše davaše davasmo davaste davahu
Conditional I davao bih2 davao bi2 davao bi2 davali bismo2 davali biste2 davali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih davao2 bȉo bi davao2 bȉo bi davao2 bíli bismo davali2 bíli biste davali2 bíli bi davali2
Imperative — daji — dajimo dajite —
Active past participle davao m / davala f / davalo n davali m / davale f / davala n
Passive past participle davan m / davana f / davano n davani m / davane f / davana 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

Further reading

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