Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zadati.
за̀дати pf (Latin spelling zàdati)
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.
From за- (za-) + да́ти (dáty). Compare Russian зада́ть (zadátʹ), Belarusian зада́ць (zadácʹ), Polish zadać.
зада́ти • (zadáty) pf (imperfective задава́ти) (transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | зада́ти, зада́ть zadáty, zadátʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | за́даний zádanyj impersonal: за́дано zádano |
| adverbial | — | зада́вши zadávšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | зада́м zadám |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | задаси́ zadasý |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | зада́сть zadástʹ |
| 1st plural ми |
— | задамо́ zadamó |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | задасте́ zadasté |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | зададу́ть zadadútʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | зада́ймо zadájmo |
| second-person | зада́й zadáj |
зада́йте zadájte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
зада́в zadáv |
задали́ zadalý |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
задала́ zadalá | |
| neuter воно |
задало́ zadaló | |