jačati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From jȃk (“strong”) +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jǎt͡ʃati/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ča‧ti

Verb

jàčati impf (Cyrillic spelling ја̀чати)

  1. (intransitive) to become stronger
  2. (transitive) to strengthen (make stronger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of jačati
Infinitive: jačati Present verbal adverb: jàčajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: jàčānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present jačam jačaš jača jačamo jačate jačaju
Future Future I jačat ću1
jačaću 		jačat ćeš1
jačaćeš 		jačat će1
jačaće 		jačat ćemo1
jačaćemo 		jačat ćete1
jačaćete 		jačat će1
jačaće
Future II bȕdēm jačao2 bȕdēš jačao2 bȕdē jačao2 bȕdēmo jačali2 bȕdēte jačali2 bȕdū jačali2
Past Perfect jačao sam2 jačao si2 jačao je2 jačali smo2 jačali ste2 jačali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam jačao2 bȉo si jačao2 bȉo je jačao2 bíli smo jačali2 bíli ste jačali2 bíli su jačali2
Imperfect jačah jačaše jačaše jačasmo jačaste jačahu
Conditional I jačao bih2 jačao bi2 jačao bi2 jačali bismo2 jačali biste2 jačali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih jačao2 bȉo bi jačao2 bȉo bi jačao2 bíli bismo jačali2 bíli biste jačali2 bíli bi jačali2
Imperative — jačaj — jačajmo jačajte —
Active past participle jačao m / jačala f / jačalo n jačali m / jačale f / jačala n
Passive past participle jačan m / jačana f / jačano n jačani m / jačane f / jačana 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

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