čekati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čekati (“to wait, await, expect”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃêkati/
Hyphenation: če‧ka‧ti

Verb

čȅkati impf (Cyrillic spelling че̏кати)

(transitive, intransitive) to wait (for), await

Conjugation

Conjugation of čekati

Infinitive: čekati		Present verbal adverb: čȅkajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čȅkānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čekam	čekaš	čeka	čekamo	čekate	čekaju
Future	Future I	čekat ću¹ čekaću	čekat ćeš¹ čekaćeš	čekat će¹ čekaće	čekat ćemo¹ čekaćemo	čekat ćete¹ čekaćete	čekat će¹ čekaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm čekao²	bȕdēš čekao²	bȕdē čekao²	bȕdēmo čekali²	bȕdēte čekali²	bȕdū čekali²
Past	Perfect	čekao sam²	čekao si²	čekao je²	čekali smo²	čekali ste²	čekali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam čekao²	bȉo si čekao²	bȉo je čekao²	bíli smo čekali²	bíli ste čekali²	bíli su čekali²
	Imperfect	čekah	čekaše	čekaše	čekasmo	čekaste	čekahu
Conditional I		čekao bih²	čekao bi²	čekao bi²	čekali bismo²	čekali biste²	čekali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih čekao²	bȉo bi čekao²	bȉo bi čekao²	bíli bismo čekali²	bíli biste čekali²	bíli bi čekali²
Imperative		—	čekaj	—	čekajmo	čekajte	—
Active past participle		čekao m / čekala f / čekalo n			čekali m / čekale f / čekala n
Passive past participle		čekan m / čekana f / čekano n			čekani m / čekane f / čekana 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.

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