kolebati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěbati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolěbati/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ba‧ti

Verb

kolèbati impf (Cyrillic spelling колѐбати)

  1. (reflexive) to hesitate
  2. (intransitive) to sway, swing, oscillate

Conjugation

Conjugation of kolebati
Infinitive: kolebati Present verbal adverb: kolèbajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: kolèbānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present kolebam kolebaš koleba kolebamo kolebate kolebaju
Future Future I kolebat ću1
kolebaću 		kolebat ćeš1
kolebaćeš 		kolebat će1
kolebaće 		kolebat ćemo1
kolebaćemo 		kolebat ćete1
kolebaćete 		kolebat će1
kolebaće
Future II bȕdēm kolebao2 bȕdēš kolebao2 bȕdē kolebao2 bȕdēmo kolebali2 bȕdēte kolebali2 bȕdū kolebali2
Past Perfect kolebao sam2 kolebao si2 kolebao je2 kolebali smo2 kolebali ste2 kolebali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam kolebao2 bȉo si kolebao2 bȉo je kolebao2 bíli smo kolebali2 bíli ste kolebali2 bíli su kolebali2
Imperfect kolebah kolebaše kolebaše kolebasmo kolebaste kolebahu
Conditional I kolebao bih2 kolebao bi2 kolebao bi2 kolebali bismo2 kolebali biste2 kolebali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih kolebao2 bȉo bi kolebao2 bȉo bi kolebao2 bíli bismo kolebali2 bíli biste kolebali2 bíli bi kolebali2
Imperative — kolebaj — kolebajmo kolebajte —
Active past participle kolebao m / kolebala f / kolebalo n kolebali m / kolebale f / kolebala 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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