показати

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Old Church Slavonic

Verb

показати • (pokazati) ?

  1. show
  2. instruct

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From по- +‎ казати.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pokǎːzati/
  • Hyphenation: по‧ка‧за‧ти

Verb

пока́зати pf (Latin spelling pokázati)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to show, demonstrate
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to point (with arm, finger etc.)
  3. (reflexive) to appear

Conjugation

Conjugation of показати
Infinitive: показати Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: пока́за̄вши Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present покажем покажеш покаже покажемо покажете покажу
Future Future I показат ћу1
показаћу 		показат ћеш1
показаћеш 		показат ће1
показаће 		показат ћемо1
показаћемо 		показат ћете1
показаћете 		показат ће1
показаће
Future II бу̏де̄м показао2 бу̏де̄ш показао2 бу̏де̄ показао2 бу̏де̄мо показали2 бу̏де̄те показали2 бу̏дӯ показали2
Past Perfect показао сам2 показао си2 показао је2 показали смо2 показали сте2 показали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам показао2 би̏о си показао2 би̏о је показао2 би́ли смо показали2 би́ли сте показали2 би́ли су показали2
Aorist показах показа показа показасмо показасте показаше
Conditional I показао бих2 показао би2 показао би2 показали бисмо2 показали бисте2 показали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих показао2 би̏о би показао2 би̏о би показао2 би́ли бисмо показали2 би́ли бисте показали2 би́ли би показали2
Imperative — покажи — покажимо покажите —
Active past participle показао m / показала f / показало n показали m / показале f / показала n
Passive past participle показан m / показана f / показано n показани m / показане f / показана 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.

Further reading

  • “показати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

From по- (po-) +‎ каза́ти impf (kazáty). Compare Russian показа́ть (pokazátʹ), Belarusian паказа́ць (pakazácʹ), Polish pokazać.

Pronunciation

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Verb

показа́ти • (pokazáty) pf (imperfective пока́зувати)

  1. to show
  2. to display, to exhibit
  3. to demonstrate
    Synonym: демонструва́ти (demonstruváty)
  4. to indicate, to point (at/to)

Conjugation

Conjugation of показа́ти, показа́ть (class 6c, perfective, transitive)
For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive показа́ти, показа́ть
pokazáty, pokazátʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — —
passive — пока́заний
pokázanyj
impersonal: пока́зано
pokázano
adverbial — показа́вши
pokazávšy
present tense future tense
1st singular
я 		— покажу́
pokažú
2nd singular
ти 		— пока́жеш
pokážeš
3rd singular
він / вона / воно 		— пока́же
pokáže
1st plural
ми 		— пока́жем, пока́жемо
pokážem, pokážemo
2nd plural
ви 		— пока́жете
pokážete
3rd plural
вони 		— пока́жуть
pokážutʹ
imperative singular plural
first-person — покажі́м, покажі́мо
pokažím, pokažímo
second-person покажи́
pokažý 		покажі́ть
pokažítʹ
past tense singular plural
ми / ви / вони
masculine
я / ти / він 		показа́в
pokazáv 		показа́ли
pokazály
feminine
я / ти / вона 		показа́ла
pokazála
neuter
воно 		показа́ло
pokazálo

Derived terms

Further reading

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