bockati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From bȍsti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bôt͡skati/
Hyphenation: boc‧ka‧ti

Verb edit

bȍckati impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̏цкати)

(transitive) to prick, sting
(transitive, figuratively) to tease, banter

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of bockati

Infinitive: bockati		Present verbal adverb: bȍckajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bȍckānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bockam	bockaš	bocka	bockamo	bockate	bockaju
Future	Future I	bockat ću¹ bockaću	bockat ćeš¹ bockaćeš	bockat će¹ bockaće	bockat ćemo¹ bockaćemo	bockat ćete¹ bockaćete	bockat će¹ bockaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bockao²	bȕdēš bockao²	bȕdē bockao²	bȕdēmo bockali²	bȕdēte bockali²	bȕdū bockali²
Past	Perfect	bockao sam²	bockao si²	bockao je²	bockali smo²	bockali ste²	bockali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bockao²	bȉo si bockao²	bȉo je bockao²	bíli smo bockali²	bíli ste bockali²	bíli su bockali²
	Imperfect	bockah	bockaše	bockaše	bockasmo	bockaste	bockahu
Conditional I		bockao bih²	bockao bi²	bockao bi²	bockali bismo²	bockali biste²	bockali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bockao²	bȉo bi bockao²	bȉo bi bockao²	bíli bismo bockali²	bíli biste bockali²	bíli bi bockali²
Imperative		—	bockaj	—	bockajmo	bockajte	—
Active past participle		bockao m / bockala f / bockalo n			bockali m / bockale f / bockala n
Passive past participle		bockan m / bockana f / bockano n			bockani m / bockane f / bockana 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.

References edit

“bockati” in Hrvatski jezični portal