pitati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (“to ask, examine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǐːtati/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pítati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи́тати)

  1. (transitive) to ask
  2. (reflexive) to wonder oneself, ask oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of pitati
Infinitive: pitati Present verbal adverb: pítajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: pítānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present pitam pitaš pita pitamo pitate pitaju
Future Future I pitat ću1
pitaću 		pitat ćeš1
pitaćeš 		pitat će1
pitaće 		pitat ćemo1
pitaćemo 		pitat ćete1
pitaćete 		pitat će1
pitaće
Future II bȕdēm pitao2 bȕdēš pitao2 bȕdē pitao2 bȕdēmo pitali2 bȕdēte pitali2 bȕdū pitali2
Past Perfect pitao sam2 pitao si2 pitao je2 pitali smo2 pitali ste2 pitali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam pitao2 bȉo si pitao2 bȉo je pitao2 bíli smo pitali2 bíli ste pitali2 bíli su pitali2
Imperfect pitah pitaše pitaše pitasmo pitaste pitahu
Conditional I pitao bih2 pitao bi2 pitao bi2 pitali bismo2 pitali biste2 pitali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih pitao2 bȉo bi pitao2 bȉo bi pitao2 bíli bismo pitali2 bíli biste pitali2 bíli bi pitali2
Imperative — pitaj — pitajmo pitajte —
Active past participle pitao m / pitala f / pitalo n pitali m / pitale f / pitala n
Passive past participle pitan m / pitana f / pitano n pitani m / pitane f / pitana 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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pitàti (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pîtati/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pȉtati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи̏тати)

  1. (transitive) to feed, to nourish
Conjugation
Conjugation of pitati
Infinitive: pitati Present verbal adverb: pȉtajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: pȉtānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present pitam pitaš pita pitamo pitate pitaju
Future Future I pitat ću1
pitaću 		pitat ćeš1
pitaćeš 		pitat će1
pitaće 		pitat ćemo1
pitaćemo 		pitat ćete1
pitaćete 		pitat će1
pitaće
Future II bȕdēm pitao2 bȕdēš pitao2 bȕdē pitao2 bȕdēmo pitali2 bȕdēte pitali2 bȕdū pitali2
Past Perfect pitao sam2 pitao si2 pitao je2 pitali smo2 pitali ste2 pitali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam pitao2 bȉo si pitao2 bȉo je pitao2 bíli smo pitali2 bíli ste pitali2 bíli su pitali2
Imperfect pitah pitaše pitaše pitasmo pitaste pitahu
Conditional I pitao bih2 pitao bi2 pitao bi2 pitali bismo2 pitali biste2 pitali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih pitao2 bȉo bi pitao2 bȉo bi pitao2 bíli bismo pitali2 bíli biste pitali2 bíli bi pitali2
Imperative — pitaj — pitajmo pitajte —
Active past participle pitao m / pitala f / pitalo n pitali m / pitale f / pitala n
Passive past participle pitan m / pitana f / pitano n pitani m / pitane f / pitana 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.

See also
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