preferirati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin praeferre +‎ -irati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preferǐːrati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧ri‧ra‧ti

Verb

preferírati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling префери́рати)

  1. (transitive) to prefer

Conjugation

Conjugation of preferirati
Infinitive: preferirati Present verbal adverb: preferírajūći Past verbal adverb: preferírāvši Verbal noun: preferírānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present preferiram preferiraš preferira preferiramo preferirate preferiraju
Future Future I preferirat ću1
preferiraću 		preferirat ćeš1
preferiraćeš 		preferirat će1
preferiraće 		preferirat ćemo1
preferiraćemo 		preferirat ćete1
preferiraćete 		preferirat će1
preferiraće
Future II bȕdēm preferirao2 bȕdēš preferirao2 bȕdē preferirao2 bȕdēmo preferirali2 bȕdēte preferirali2 bȕdū preferirali2
Past Perfect preferirao sam2 preferirao si2 preferirao je2 preferirali smo2 preferirali ste2 preferirali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam preferirao2 bȉo si preferirao2 bȉo je preferirao2 bíli smo preferirali2 bíli ste preferirali2 bíli su preferirali2
Aorist preferirah preferira preferira preferirasmo preferiraste preferiraše
Imperfect preferirah preferiraše preferiraše preferirasmo preferiraste preferirahu
Conditional I preferirao bih2 preferirao bi2 preferirao bi2 preferirali bismo2 preferirali biste2 preferirali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih preferirao2 bȉo bi preferirao2 bȉo bi preferirao2 bíli bismo preferirali2 bíli biste preferirali2 bíli bi preferirali2
Imperative — preferiraj — preferirajmo preferirajte —
Active past participle preferirao m / preferirala f / preferiralo n preferirali m / preferirale f / preferirala n
Passive past participle preferiran m / preferirana f / preferirano n preferirani m / preferirane f / preferirana 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.

References

  • “preferirati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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