mekšati

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /měkʃati/
  • Hyphenation: mek‧ša‧ti

Verb

mèkšati impf (Cyrillic spelling мѐкшати)

  1. (transitive) to soften, mellow, mollify

Conjugation

Conjugation of mekšati
Infinitive: mekšati Present verbal adverb: mèkšajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: mèkšānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present mekšam mekšaš mekša mekšamo mekšate mekšaju
Future Future I mekšat ću1
mekšaću 		mekšat ćeš1
mekšaćeš 		mekšat će1
mekšaće 		mekšat ćemo1
mekšaćemo 		mekšat ćete1
mekšaćete 		mekšat će1
mekšaće
Future II bȕdēm mekšao2 bȕdēš mekšao2 bȕdē mekšao2 bȕdēmo mekšali2 bȕdēte mekšali2 bȕdū mekšali2
Past Perfect mekšao sam2 mekšao si2 mekšao je2 mekšali smo2 mekšali ste2 mekšali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam mekšao2 bȉo si mekšao2 bȉo je mekšao2 bíli smo mekšali2 bíli ste mekšali2 bíli su mekšali2
Imperfect mekšah mekšaše mekšaše mekšasmo mekšaste mekšahu
Conditional I mekšao bih2 mekšao bi2 mekšao bi2 mekšali bismo2 mekšali biste2 mekšali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih mekšao2 bȉo bi mekšao2 bȉo bi mekšao2 bíli bismo mekšali2 bíli biste mekšali2 bíli bi mekšali2
Imperative — mekšaj — mekšajmo mekšajte —
Active past participle mekšao m / mekšala f / mekšalo n mekšali m / mekšale f / mekšala n
Passive past participle mekšan m / mekšana f / mekšano n mekšani m / mekšane f / mekšana 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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