жвакати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьvàti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒʋǎːkati/
  • Hyphenation: жва‧ка‧ти

Verb

жва́кати impf (Latin spelling žvákati)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to chew
  2. (intransitive) to speak slowly and incoherently

Conjugation

Conjugation of жвакати
Infinitive: жвакати Present verbal adverb: жва́чӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: жва́ка̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present жвачем жвачеш жваче жвачемо жвачете жвачу
Future Future I жвакат ћу1
жвакаћу 		жвакат ћеш1
жвакаћеш 		жвакат ће1
жвакаће 		жвакат ћемо1
жвакаћемо 		жвакат ћете1
жвакаћете 		жвакат ће1
жвакаће
Future II бу̏де̄м жвакао2 бу̏де̄ш жвакао2 бу̏де̄ жвакао2 бу̏де̄мо жвакали2 бу̏де̄те жвакали2 бу̏дӯ жвакали2
Past Perfect жвакао сам2 жвакао си2 жвакао је2 жвакали смо2 жвакали сте2 жвакали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам жвакао2 би̏о си жвакао2 би̏о је жвакао2 би́ли смо жвакали2 би́ли сте жвакали2 би́ли су жвакали2
Imperfect жваках жвакаше жвакаше жвакасмо жвакасте жвакаху
Conditional I жвакао бих2 жвакао би2 жвакао би2 жвакали бисмо2 жвакали бисте2 жвакали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих жвакао2 би̏о би жвакао2 би̏о би жвакао2 би́ли бисмо жвакали2 би́ли бисте жвакали2 би́ли би жвакали2
Imperative — жвачи — жвачимо жвачите —
Active past participle жвакао m / жвакала f / жвакало n жвакали m / жвакале f / жвакала n
Passive past participle жвакан m / жвакана f / жвакано n жвакани m / жвакане f / жвакана 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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