zabavljati

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎbaʋʎati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧bav‧lja‧ti

Verb

zàbavljati impf (Cyrillic spelling за̀бављати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to amuse, entertain, have fun
  2. (transitive) to draw, keep somebody's attention
  3. (reflexive) to be occupied with something, to spend or waste some time doing something

Conjugation

Conjugation of zabavljati
Infinitive: zabavljati Present verbal adverb: zàbavljajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: zàbavljānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present zabavljam zabavljaš zabavlja zabavljamo zabavljate zabavljaju
Future Future I zabavljat ću1
zabavljaću 		zabavljat ćeš1
zabavljaćeš 		zabavljat će1
zabavljaće 		zabavljat ćemo1
zabavljaćemo 		zabavljat ćete1
zabavljaćete 		zabavljat će1
zabavljaće
Future II bȕdēm zabavljao2 bȕdēš zabavljao2 bȕdē zabavljao2 bȕdēmo zabavljali2 bȕdēte zabavljali2 bȕdū zabavljali2
Past Perfect zabavljao sam2 zabavljao si2 zabavljao je2 zabavljali smo2 zabavljali ste2 zabavljali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam zabavljao2 bȉo si zabavljao2 bȉo je zabavljao2 bíli smo zabavljali2 bíli ste zabavljali2 bíli su zabavljali2
Imperfect zabavljah zabavljaše zabavljaše zabavljasmo zabavljaste zabavljahu
Conditional I zabavljao bih2 zabavljao bi2 zabavljao bi2 zabavljali bismo2 zabavljali biste2 zabavljali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih zabavljao2 bȉo bi zabavljao2 bȉo bi zabavljao2 bíli bismo zabavljali2 bíli biste zabavljali2 bíli bi zabavljali2
Imperative — zabavljaj — zabavljajmo zabavljajte —
Active past participle zabavljao m / zabavljala f / zabavljalo n zabavljali m / zabavljale f / zabavljala n
Passive past participle zabavljan m / zabavljana f / zabavljano n zabavljani m / zabavljane f / zabavljana 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.

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