чувати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǔːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: чу‧ва‧ти

Verb

чу́вати impf (Latin spelling čúvati)

  1. (transitive) to guard, protect
  2. (transitive) to watch over
  3. (transitive) to save, preserve, conserve
  4. (reflexive) to be careful
  5. (reflexive) to keep away from
    чувај се ружних женаBeware of ugly women!

Conjugation

Conjugation of чувати
infinitive чувати
present verbal adverb чу́вајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun чу́ва̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present чувам чуваш чува чувамо чувате чувају
future future I чуват ћу1
чуваћу
чуват ћеш1
чуваћеш
чуват ће1
чуваће
чуват ћемо1
чуваћемо
чуват ћете1
чуваћете
чуват ћē1
чуваће
future II бу̏де̄м чувао2 бу̏де̄ш чувао2 бу̏де̄ чувао2 бу̏де̄мо чували2 бу̏де̄те чували2 бу̏дӯ чували2
past perfect чувао сам2 чувао си2 чувао је2 чували смо2 чували сте2 чували су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам чувао2 би̏о си чувао2 би̏о је чувао2 би́ли смо чували2 би́ли сте чували2 би́ли су чували2
imperfect чувах чуваше чуваше чувасмо чувасте чуваху
conditional conditional I чувао бих2 чувао би2 чувао би2 чували бисмо2 чували бисте2 чували би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих чувао2 би̏о би чувао2 би̏о би чувао2 би́ли бисмо чували2 би́ли бисте чували2 би́ли би чували2
imperative чувај чувајмо чувајте
active past participle чувао m / чувала f / чувало n чували m / чувале f / чувала n
passive past participle чуван m / чувана f / чувано n чувани m / чуване f / чувана 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

Further reading

  • чувати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian чува́ти (čuváti), from Proto-Slavic *čuvati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

чува́ти (čuvátyimpf

  1. (frequentative) to hear
  2. (uncommon) to hear
    Synonym: чу́ти (čúty) (standard, common)

Usage notes

  • Чувати is mostly used in the infinitive form or in the past tense in sense 1.

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