предавати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdavati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /predǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: пре‧да‧ва‧ти

Verb

преда́вати impf (Latin spelling predávati)

  1. (transitive) to lecture on, teach
  2. (transitive) to deliver, hand over (package, letter, evidence etc.)
  3. (transitive, reflexive) to surrender, give up
  4. (reflexive) to devote oneself to
  5. (reflexive) to submit, yield, acquiesce

Conjugation

Conjugation of предавати
Infinitive: предавати Present verbal adverb: прѐда̄јӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: преда́ва̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present предајем предајеш предаје предајемо предајете предају
Future Future I предават ћу1
предаваћу 		предават ћеш1
предаваћеш 		предават ће1
предаваће 		предават ћемо1
предаваћемо 		предават ћете1
предаваћете 		предават ће1
предаваће
Future II бу̏де̄м предавао2 бу̏де̄ш предавао2 бу̏де̄ предавао2 бу̏де̄мо предавали2 бу̏де̄те предавали2 бу̏дӯ предавали2
Past Perfect предавао сам2 предавао си2 предавао је2 предавали смо2 предавали сте2 предавали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам предавао2 би̏о си предавао2 би̏о је предавао2 би́ли смо предавали2 би́ли сте предавали2 би́ли су предавали2
Imperfect предавах предаваше предаваше предавасмо предавасте предаваху
Conditional I предавао бих2 предавао би2 предавао би2 предавали бисмо2 предавали бисте2 предавали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих предавао2 би̏о би предавао2 би̏о би предавао2 би́ли бисмо предавали2 би́ли бисте предавали2 би́ли би предавали2
Imperative — предај — предајмо предајте —
Active past participle предавао m / предавала f / предавало n предавали m / предавале f / предавала n
Passive past participle предаван m / предавана f / предавано n предавани m / предаване f / предавана 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

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