žvakati
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьvàti.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
žvákati impf (Cyrillic spelling жва́кати)
- (transitive, intransitive) to chew
- (intransitive) to speak slowly and incoherently
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of žvakati
| Infinitive: žvakati | Present verbal adverb: žváčūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: žvákānje | ||||
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| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | žvačem | žvačeš | žvače | žvačemo | žvačete | žvaču | |
| Future | Future I | žvakat ću1 žvakaću |
žvakat ćeš1 žvakaćeš |
žvakat će1 žvakaće |
žvakat ćemo1 žvakaćemo |
žvakat ćete1 žvakaćete |
žvakat će1 žvakaće |
| Future II | bȕdēm žvakao2 | bȕdēš žvakao2 | bȕdē žvakao2 | bȕdēmo žvakali2 | bȕdēte žvakali2 | bȕdū žvakali2 | |
| Past | Perfect | žvakao sam2 | žvakao si2 | žvakao je2 | žvakali smo2 | žvakali ste2 | žvakali su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam žvakao2 | bȉo si žvakao2 | bȉo je žvakao2 | bíli smo žvakali2 | bíli ste žvakali2 | bíli su žvakali2 | |
| Imperfect | žvakah | žvakaše | žvakaše | žvakasmo | žvakaste | žvakahu | |
| Conditional I | žvakao bih2 | žvakao bi2 | žvakao bi2 | žvakali bismo2 | žvakali biste2 | žvakali bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih žvakao2 | bȉo bi žvakao2 | bȉo bi žvakao2 | bíli bismo žvakali2 | bíli biste žvakali2 | bíli bi žvakali2 | |
| Imperative | — | žvači | — | žvačimo | žvačite | — | |
| Active past participle | žvakao m / žvakala f / žvakalo n | žvakali m / žvakale f / žvakala n | |||||
| Passive past participle | žvakan m / žvakana f / žvakano n | žvakani m / žvakane f / žvakana 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.
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