pozvati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pozъvati. Compare Czech pozvat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒzʋati/
  • Hyphenation: po‧zva‧ti

Verb

pòzvati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀звати)

  1. (transitive) to call
  2. (transitive) to invite
  3. (transitive) to summon, convene, convoke
  4. (reflexive) to refer, relate, allude

Conjugation

Conjugation of pozvati
Infinitive: pozvati Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: pòzvāvši Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present pozovem pozoveš pozove pozovemo pozovete pozovu
Future Future I pozvat ću1
pozvaću 		pozvat ćeš1
pozvaćeš 		pozvat će1
pozvaće 		pozvat ćemo1
pozvaćemo 		pozvat ćete1
pozvaćete 		pozvat će1
pozvaće
Future II bȕdēm pozvao2 bȕdēš pozvao2 bȕdē pozvao2 bȕdēmo pozvali2 bȕdēte pozvali2 bȕdū pozvali2
Past Perfect pozvao sam2 pozvao si2 pozvao je2 pozvali smo2 pozvali ste2 pozvali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam pozvao2 bȉo si pozvao2 bȉo je pozvao2 bíli smo pozvali2 bíli ste pozvali2 bíli su pozvali2
Aorist pozvah pozva pozva pozvasmo pozvaste pozvaše
Conditional I pozvao bih2 pozvao bi2 pozvao bi2 pozvali bismo2 pozvali biste2 pozvali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih pozvao2 bȉo bi pozvao2 bȉo bi pozvao2 bíli bismo pozvali2 bíli biste pozvali2 bíli bi pozvali2
Imperative — pozovi — pozovimo pozovite —
Active past participle pozvao m / pozvala f / pozvalo n pozvali m / pozvale f / pozvala n
Passive past participle pozvan m / pozvana f / pozvano n pozvani m / pozvane f / pozvana 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

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