smotati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ motati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smǒtati/
  • Hyphenation: smo‧ta‧ti

Verb

smòtati pf (Cyrillic spelling смо̀тати)

  1. (transitive) to fold
  2. (transitive) to wrap
  3. (transitive) to wind up, roll up
  4. (reflexive) to curl up

Conjugation

Conjugation of smotati
Infinitive: smotati Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: smòtāvši 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 smotam smotaš smota smotamo smotate smotaju
Future Future I smotat ću1
smotaću 		smotat ćeš1
smotaćeš 		smotat će1
smotaće 		smotat ćemo1
smotaćemo 		smotat ćete1
smotaćete 		smotat će1
smotaće
Future II bȕdēm smotao2 bȕdēš smotao2 bȕdē smotao2 bȕdēmo smotali2 bȕdēte smotali2 bȕdū smotali2
Past Perfect smotao sam2 smotao si2 smotao je2 smotali smo2 smotali ste2 smotali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam smotao2 bȉo si smotao2 bȉo je smotao2 bíli smo smotali2 bíli ste smotali2 bíli su smotali2
Aorist smotah smota smota smotasmo smotaste smotaše
Conditional I smotao bih2 smotao bi2 smotao bi2 smotali bismo2 smotali biste2 smotali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih smotao2 bȉo bi smotao2 bȉo bi smotao2 bíli bismo smotali2 bíli biste smotali2 bíli bi smotali2
Imperative — smotaj — smotajmo smotajte —
Active past participle smotao m / smotala f / smotalo n smotali m / smotale f / smotala n
Passive past participle smotan m / smotana f / smotano n smotani m / smotane f / smotana 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

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