protjecati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Verb edit

pròtjecati impf (Cyrillic spelling про̀тјецати)

(intransitive) to flow through (usually of moving water, but also of blood or any liquid)
(intransitive) to pass, elapse (of time)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of protjecati

Infinitive: protjecati		Present verbal adverb: pròtječūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pròtjecānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		protječem	protječeš	protječe	protječemo	protječete	protječu
Future	Future I	protjecat ću¹ protjecaću	protjecat ćeš¹ protjecaćeš	protjecat će¹ protjecaće	protjecat ćemo¹ protjecaćemo	protjecat ćete¹ protjecaćete	protjecat će¹ protjecaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm protjecao²	bȕdēš protjecao²	bȕdē protjecao²	bȕdēmo protjecali²	bȕdēte protjecali²	bȕdū protjecali²
Past	Perfect	protjecao sam²	protjecao si²	protjecao je²	protjecali smo²	protjecali ste²	protjecali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam protjecao²	bȉo si protjecao²	bȉo je protjecao²	bíli smo protjecali²	bíli ste protjecali²	bíli su protjecali²
	Imperfect	protjecah	protjecaše	protjecaše	protjecasmo	protjecaste	protjecahu
Conditional I		protjecao bih²	protjecao bi²	protjecao bi²	protjecali bismo²	protjecali biste²	protjecali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih protjecao²	bȉo bi protjecao²	bȉo bi protjecao²	bíli bismo protjecali²	bíli biste protjecali²	bíli bi protjecali²
Imperative		—	protječi	—	protječimo	protječite	—
Active past participle		protjecao m / protjecala f / protjecalo n			protjecali m / protjecale f / protjecala n
Passive past participle		protjecan m / protjecana f / protjecano n			protjecani m / protjecane f / protjecana 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

pròticati impf
pròteći pf