slušati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slušati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slûʃati/
  • Hyphenation: slu‧ša‧ti

Verb

slȕšati impf (Cyrillic spelling слу̏шати)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to listen
    Slušam vas. ― I listen to you.
    Slušam pjesmu. ― I am listening to a song.
    Goran sluša Ivanu. ― Goran is listening to Ivana.
  2. (transitive) to obey
  3. (medicine) to auscultate

Conjugation

Conjugation of slušati
Infinitive: slušati Present verbal adverb: slȕšjūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: slȕšānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present slušam slušaš sluša slušamo slušate slušaju
Future Future I slušat ću1
slušaću 		slušat ćeš1
slušaćeš 		slušat će1
slušaće 		slušat ćemo1
slušaćemo 		slušat ćete1
slušaćete 		slušat će1
slušaće
Future II bȕdēm slušao2 bȕdēš slušao2 bȕdē slušao2 bȕdēmo slušali2 bȕdēte slušali2 bȕdū slušali2
Past Perfect slušao sam2 slušao si2 slušao je2 slušali smo2 slušali ste2 slušali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam slušao2 bȉo si slušao2 bȉo je slušao2 bíli smo slušali2 bíli ste slušali2 bíli su slušali2
Imperfect slušah slušaše slušaše slušasmo slušaste slušahu
Conditional I slušao bih2 slušao bi2 slušao bi2 slušali bismo2 slušali biste2 slušali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih slušao2 bȉo bi slušao2 bȉo bi slušao2 bíli bismo slušali2 bíli biste slušali2 bíli bi slušali2
Imperative — slušaj — slušajmo slušajte —
Active past participle slušao m / slušala f / slušalo n slušali m / slušale f / slušala n
Passive past participle slušan m / slušana f / slušano n slušani m / slušane f / slušana 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

See also

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slušati.

Pronunciation

Verb

slúšati impf (archaic)

  1. Synonym of poslúšati

Inflection

-ati -am (acute or AP b)
infinitive slúšati, slušáti
1st singular slúšam
infinitive slúšati, slušáti slúšat
supine slúšat
verbal noun slúšanje, slušȃnje
participle converb
present slušajọ̄č slušȃje
past slúšan —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular slúšał slúšala, slušȃla slúšalo, slušálo
dual slúšala, slušála slúšali, slušáli slúšali, slušáli
plural slúšali, slušáli slúšale, slušále slúšala, slušála
present imperative
1st singular slúšam —
2nd singular slúšaš slúšaj
3rd singular slúša —
1st dual slúšava slúšajva, slušȃjva
2nd dual slúšata slúšajta, slušȃjta
3rd dual slúšata —
1st plural slúšamo slúšajmo, slušȃjmo
2nd plural slúšate slúšajte, slušȃjte
3rd plural slúšajo —

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