opravdati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From o- +‎ pravdati.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ǒpraːʋdati/
Hyphenation: o‧prav‧da‧ti

Verb edit

òprāvdati pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀пра̄вдати)

(transitive) to justify, excuse

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of opravdati

Infinitive: opravdati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: òprāvdāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		opravdam	opravdaš	opravda	opravdamo	opravdate	opravdaju
Future	Future I	opravdat ću¹ opravdaću	opravdat ćeš¹ opravdaćeš	opravdat će¹ opravdaće	opravdat ćemo¹ opravdaćemo	opravdat ćete¹ opravdaćete	opravdat će¹ opravdaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm opravdao²	bȕdēš opravdao²	bȕdē opravdao²	bȕdēmo opravdali²	bȕdēte opravdali²	bȕdū opravdali²
Past	Perfect	opravdao sam²	opravdao si²	opravdao je²	opravdali smo²	opravdali ste²	opravdali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam opravdao²	bȉo si opravdao²	bȉo je opravdao²	bíli smo opravdali²	bíli ste opravdali²	bíli su opravdali²
	Aorist	opravdah	opravda	opravda	opravdasmo	opravdaste	opravdaše
Conditional I		opravdao bih²	opravdao bi²	opravdao bi²	opravdali bismo²	opravdali biste²	opravdali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih opravdao²	bȉo bi opravdao²	bȉo bi opravdao²	bíli bismo opravdali²	bíli biste opravdali²	bíli bi opravdali²
Imperative		—	opravdaj	—	opravdajmo	opravdajte	—
Active past participle		opravdao m / opravdala f / opravdalo n			opravdali m / opravdale f / opravdala n
Passive past participle		opravdan m / opravdana f / opravdano n			opravdani m / opravdane f / opravdana 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.

Related terms edit

prȃvdati impf