obećati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oběťati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obět͡ɕati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧be‧ća‧ti

Verb

obèćati pf (Cyrillic spelling обѐћати)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to promise

Conjugation

Conjugation of obećati
Infinitive: obećati Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: obèćāvši Verbal noun: obećánje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present obećam obećaš obeća obećamo obećate obećaju
Future Future I obećat ću1
obećaću 		obećat ćeš1
obećaćeš 		obećat će1
obećaće 		obećat ćemo1
obećaćemo 		obećat ćete1
obećaćete 		obećat će1
obećaće
Future II bȕdēm obećao2 bȕdēš obećao2 bȕdē obećao2 bȕdēmo obećali2 bȕdēte obećali2 bȕdū obećali2
Past Perfect obećao sam2 obećao si2 obećao je2 obećali smo2 obećali ste2 obećali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam obećao2 bȉo si obećao2 bȉo je obećao2 bíli smo obećali2 bíli ste obećali2 bíli su obećali2
Aorist obećah obeća obeća obećasmo obećaste obećaše
Conditional I obećao bih2 obećao bi2 obećao bi2 obećali bismo2 obećali biste2 obećali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih obećao2 bȉo bi obećao2 bȉo bi obećao2 bíli bismo obećali2 bíli biste obećali2 bíli bi obećali2
Imperative — obećaj — obećajmo obećajte —
Active past participle obećao m / obećala f / obećalo n obećali m / obećale f / obećala n
Passive past participle obećan m / obećana f / obećano n obećani m / obećane f / obećana 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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