занимати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zanimati (sę).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zanǐːmati/
  • Hyphenation: за‧ни‧ма‧ти

Verb

зани́мати impf (Latin spelling zanímati)

  1. (reflexive) to be interested in (+ за (in))
  2. (transitive) to take interest into
    све ме занима — I'm interested in everything

Conjugation

Conjugation of занимати
infinitive занимати
present verbal adverb зани́мајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun зани́ма̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present занимам занимаш занима занимамо занимате занимају
future future I занимат ћу1
занимаћу
занимат ћеш1
занимаћеш
занимат ће1
занимаће
занимат ћемо1
занимаћемо
занимат ћете1
занимаћете
занимат ћē1
занимаће
future II бу̏де̄м занимао2 бу̏де̄ш занимао2 бу̏де̄ занимао2 бу̏де̄мо занимали2 бу̏де̄те занимали2 бу̏дӯ занимали2
past perfect занимао сам2 занимао си2 занимао је2 занимали смо2 занимали сте2 занимали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам занимао2 би̏о си занимао2 би̏о је занимао2 би́ли смо занимали2 би́ли сте занимали2 би́ли су занимали2
imperfect занимах занимаше занимаше занимасмо занимасте занимаху
conditional conditional I занимао бих2 занимао би2 занимао би2 занимали бисмо2 занимали бисте2 занимали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих занимао2 би̏о би занимао2 би̏о би занимао2 би́ли бисмо занимали2 би́ли бисте занимали2 би́ли би занимали2
imperative занимај занимајмо занимајте
active past participle занимао m / занимала f / занимало n занимали m / занимале f / занимала 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.