očuvati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ čuvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ot͡ʃǔːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ču‧va‧ti

Verb

očúvati pf (Cyrillic spelling очу́вати)

  1. (transitive) to save, preserve, conserve

Conjugation

Conjugation of očuvati
Infinitive: očuvati Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: očúvāvši Verbal noun: očuvánje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present očuvam očuvaš očuva očuvamo očuvate očuvaju
Future Future I očuvat ću1
očuvaću 		očuvat ćeš1
očuvaćeš 		očuvat će1
očuvaće 		očuvat ćemo1
očuvaćemo 		očuvat ćete1
očuvaćete 		očuvat će1
očuvaće
Future II bȕdēm očuvao2 bȕdēš očuvao2 bȕdē očuvao2 bȕdēmo očuvali2 bȕdēte očuvali2 bȕdū očuvali2
Past Perfect očuvao sam2 očuvao si2 očuvao je2 očuvali smo2 očuvali ste2 očuvali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam očuvao2 bȉo si očuvao2 bȉo je očuvao2 bíli smo očuvali2 bíli ste očuvali2 bíli su očuvali2
Aorist očuvah očuva očuva očuvasmo očuvaste očuvaše
Conditional I očuvao bih2 očuvao bi2 očuvao bi2 očuvali bismo2 očuvali biste2 očuvali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih očuvao2 bȉo bi očuvao2 bȉo bi očuvao2 bíli bismo očuvali2 bíli biste očuvali2 bíli bi očuvali2
Imperative — očuvaj — očuvajmo očuvajte —
Active past participle očuvao m / očuvala f / očuvalo n očuvali m / očuvale f / očuvala n
Passive past participle očuvan m / očuvana f / očuvano n očuvani m / očuvane f / očuvana 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.

Further reading

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