čihati

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Verb

čìhati impf (Cyrillic spelling чѝхати)

  1. alternative form of čèhati

Conjugation

Conjugation of čihati
Infinitive: čihati Present verbal adverb: čìhajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: čìhānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present čìhām čihaš čiha čihamo čihate čihaju
Future Future I čihat ću1
čihaću 		čihat ćeš1
čihaćeš 		čihat će1
čihaće 		čihat ćemo1
čihaćemo 		čihat ćete1
čihaćete 		čihat će1
čihaće
Future II bȕdēm čihao2 bȕdēš čihao2 bȕdē čihao2 bȕdēmo čihali2 bȕdēte čihali2 bȕdū čihali2
Past Perfect čihao sam2 čihao si2 čihao je2 čihali smo2 čihali ste2 čihali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam čihao2 bȉo si čihao2 bȉo je čihao2 bíli smo čihali2 bíli ste čihali2 bíli su čihali2
Imperfect čihah čihaše čihaše čihasmo čihaste čihahu
Conditional I čihao bih2 čihao bi2 čihao bi2 čihali bismo2 čihali biste2 čihali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih čihao2 bȉo bi čihao2 bȉo bi čihao2 bíli bismo čihali2 bíli biste čihali2 bíli bi čihali2
Imperative — čihaj — čihajmo čihajte —
Active past participle čihao m / čihala f / čihalo n čihali m / čihale f / čihala n
Passive past participle čihan m / čihana f / čihano n čihani m / čihane f / čihana 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

  • “čihati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “čihati”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 888
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