певати

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěti, *pěvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pêʋati/
  • Hyphenation: пе‧ва‧ти

Verb

пе̏вати impf (Latin spelling pȅvati)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of певати
Infinitive: певати Present verbal adverb: пе̏вајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: пе̏ва̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present певам певаш пева певамо певате певају
Future Future I певат ћу1
певаћу 		певат ћеш1
певаћеш 		певат ће1
певаће 		певат ћемо1
певаћемо 		певат ћете1
певаћете 		певат ће1
певаће
Future II бу̏де̄м певао2 бу̏де̄ш певао2 бу̏де̄ певао2 бу̏де̄мо певали2 бу̏де̄те певали2 бу̏дӯ певали2
Past Perfect певао сам2 певао си2 певао је2 певали смо2 певали сте2 певали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам певао2 би̏о си певао2 би̏о је певао2 би́ли смо певали2 би́ли сте певали2 би́ли су певали2
Imperfect певах певаше певаше певасмо певасте певаху
Conditional I певао бих2 певао би2 певао би2 певали бисмо2 певали бисте2 певали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих певао2 би̏о би певао2 би̏о би певао2 би́ли бисмо певали2 би́ли бисте певали2 би́ли би певали2
Imperative — певај — певајмо певајте —
Active past participle певао m / певала f / певало n певали m / певале f / певала n
Passive past participle певан m / певана f / певано n певани m / певане f / певана 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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