спавати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See Serbo-Croatian спати impf

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: спа‧ва‧ти

Verb

спа́вати impf (Latin spelling spávati)

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    Не спава јој се сада. ― She doesn't feel like sleeping. (literally, “It doesn't (feel like) sleeping to her.]”)
  2. (intransitive, formally) to have sex (+ с, са (“with”) + instrumental)

Conjugation

Conjugation of спавати
Infinitive: спавати Present verbal adverb: спа́вајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: спа́ва̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present спавам спаваш спава спавамо спавате спавају
Future Future I спават ћу1
спаваћу 		спават ћеш1
спаваћеш 		спават ће1
спаваће 		спават ћемо1
спаваћемо 		спават ћете1
спаваћете 		спават ће1
спаваће
Future II бу̏де̄м спавао2 бу̏де̄ш спавао2 бу̏де̄ спавао2 бу̏де̄мо спавали2 бу̏де̄те спавали2 бу̏дӯ спавали2
Past Perfect спавао сам2 спавао си2 спавао је2 спавали смо2 спавали сте2 спавали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам спавао2 би̏о си спавао2 би̏о је спавао2 би́ли смо спавали2 би́ли сте спавали2 би́ли су спавали2
Imperfect спавах спаваше спаваше спавасмо спавасте спаваху
Conditional I спавао бих2 спавао би2 спавао би2 спавали бисмо2 спавали бисте2 спавали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих спавао2 би̏о би спавао2 би̏о би спавао2 би́ли бисмо спавали2 би́ли бисте спавали2 би́ли би спавали2
Imperative — спавај — спавајмо спавајте —
Active past participle спавао m / спавала f / спавало n спавали m / спавале f / спавала 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.

Derived terms

References

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