poverovati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

pòvjerovati (Ijekavian)

Etymology edit

From po- +‎ verovati.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pǒʋeroʋati/
Hyphenation: po‧ve‧ro‧va‧ti

Verb edit

pòverovati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀веровати)

(transitive, intransitive) to believe
teško je pov(j)erovati u to ― it's really hard to believe it

teško mi je pov(j)erovati u to ― I find that hard to believe

skoro sam ti pov(j)erovao! ― you almost had me!

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of poverovati

Infinitive: poverovati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòverovāvši		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		poverujem	poveruješ	poveruje	poverujemo	poverujete	poveruju
Future	Future I	poverovat ću¹ poverovaću	poverovat ćeš¹ poverovaćeš	poverovat će¹ poverovaće	poverovat ćemo¹ poverovaćemo	poverovat ćete¹ poverovaćete	poverovat će¹ poverovaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm poverovao²	bȕdēš poverovao²	bȕdē poverovao²	bȕdēmo poverovali²	bȕdēte poverovali²	bȕdū poverovali²
Past	Perfect	poverovao sam²	poverovao si²	poverovao je²	poverovali smo²	poverovali ste²	poverovali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam poverovao²	bȉo si poverovao²	bȉo je poverovao²	bíli smo poverovali²	bíli ste poverovali²	bíli su poverovali²
	Aorist	poverovah	poverova	poverova	poverovasmo	poverovaste	poverovaše
Conditional I		poverovao bih²	poverovao bi²	poverovao bi²	poverovali bismo²	poverovali biste²	poverovali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih poverovao²	bȉo bi poverovao²	bȉo bi poverovao²	bíli bismo poverovali²	bíli biste poverovali²	bíli bi poverovali²
Imperative		—	poveruj	—	poverujmo	poverujte	—
Active past participle		poverovao m / poverovala f / poverovalo n			poverovali m / poverovale f / poverovala 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

“poverovati” in Hrvatski jezični portal