hvatati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvatati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʋâtati/
  • Hyphenation: hva‧ta‧ti

Verb

hvȁtati impf (Cyrillic spelling хва̏тати)

  1. (transitive) to grab, seize, take hold of
  2. (transitive) to catch
    hvatati ribe
  3. (intransitive) to overcome, trike

Conjugation

Conjugation of hvatati
Infinitive: hvatati Present verbal adverb: hvȁtajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: hvȁtānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present hvatam hvataš hvata hvatamo hvatate hvataju
Future Future I hvatat ću1
hvataću 		hvatat ćeš1
hvataćeš 		hvatat će1
hvataće 		hvatat ćemo1
hvataćemo 		hvatat ćete1
hvataćete 		hvatat će1
hvataće
Future II bȕdēm hvatao2 bȕdēš hvatao2 bȕdē hvatao2 bȕdēmo hvatali2 bȕdēte hvatali2 bȕdū hvatali2
Past Perfect hvatao sam2 hvatao si2 hvatao je2 hvatali smo2 hvatali ste2 hvatali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam hvatao2 bȉo si hvatao2 bȉo je hvatao2 bíli smo hvatali2 bíli ste hvatali2 bíli su hvatali2
Imperfect hvatah hvataše hvataše hvatasmo hvataste hvatahu
Conditional I hvatao bih2 hvatao bi2 hvatao bi2 hvatali bismo2 hvatali biste2 hvatali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih hvatao2 bȉo bi hvatao2 bȉo bi hvatao2 bíli bismo hvatali2 bíli biste hvatali2 bíli bi hvatali2
Imperative — hvataj — hvatajmo hvatajte —
Active past participle hvatao m / hvatala f / hvatalo n hvatali m / hvatale f / hvatala n
Passive past participle hvatan m / hvatana f / hvatano n hvatani m / hvatane f / hvatana 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.

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