brčkati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /br̂t͡ʃkati/
Hyphenation: brč‧ka‧ti

Verb edit

bȑčkati impf (Cyrillic spelling бр̏чкати)

(transitive, reflexive) to dabble, paddle, splash

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of brčkati

Infinitive: brčkati		Present verbal adverb: bȑčkajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bȑčkānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brčkam	brčkaš	brčka	brčkamo	brčkate	brčkaju
Future	Future I	brčkat ću¹ brčkaću	brčkat ćeš¹ brčkaćeš	brčkat će¹ brčkaće	brčkat ćemo¹ brčkaćemo	brčkat ćete¹ brčkaćete	brčkat će¹ brčkaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm brčkao²	bȕdēš brčkao²	bȕdē brčkao²	bȕdēmo brčkali²	bȕdēte brčkali²	bȕdū brčkali²
Past	Perfect	brčkao sam²	brčkao si²	brčkao je²	brčkali smo²	brčkali ste²	brčkali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam brčkao²	bȉo si brčkao²	bȉo je brčkao²	bíli smo brčkali²	bíli ste brčkali²	bíli su brčkali²
	Imperfect	brčkah	brčkaše	brčkaše	brčkasmo	brčkaste	brčkahu
Conditional I		brčkao bih²	brčkao bi²	brčkao bi²	brčkali bismo²	brčkali biste²	brčkali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih brčkao²	bȉo bi brčkao²	bȉo bi brčkao²	bíli bismo brčkali²	bíli biste brčkali²	bíli bi brčkali²
Imperative		—	brčkaj	—	brčkajmo	brčkajte	—
Active past participle		brčkao m / brčkala f / brčkalo n			brčkali m / brčkale f / brčkala 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

“brčkati” in Hrvatski jezični portal