šnjofati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German schnüffeln +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɲôfati/
Hyphenation: šnjo‧fa‧ti

Verb

šnjȍfati impf (Cyrillic spelling шњо̏фати)

(regional, intransitive, transitive) to sniff
(regional, intransitive, transitive) to snort

Conjugation

Conjugation of šnjofati

Infinitive: šnjofati		Present verbal adverb: šnjȍfajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šnjȍfānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šnjofam	šnjofaš	šnjofa	šnjofamo	šnjofate	šnjofaju
Future	Future I	šnjofat ću¹ šnjofaću	šnjofat ćeš¹ šnjofaćeš	šnjofat će¹ šnjofaće	šnjofat ćemo¹ šnjofaćemo	šnjofat ćete¹ šnjofaćete	šnjofat će¹ šnjofaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm šnjofao²	bȕdēš šnjofao²	bȕdē šnjofao²	bȕdēmo šnjofali²	bȕdēte šnjofali²	bȕdū šnjofali²
Past	Perfect	šnjofao sam²	šnjofao si²	šnjofao je²	šnjofali smo²	šnjofali ste²	šnjofali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam šnjofao²	bȉo si šnjofao²	bȉo je šnjofao²	bíli smo šnjofali²	bíli ste šnjofali²	bíli su šnjofali²
	Imperfect	šnjofah	šnjofaše	šnjofaše	šnjofasmo	šnjofaste	šnjofahu
Conditional I		šnjofao bih²	šnjofao bi²	šnjofao bi²	šnjofali bismo²	šnjofali biste²	šnjofali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih šnjofao²	bȉo bi šnjofao²	bȉo bi šnjofao²	bíli bismo šnjofali²	bíli biste šnjofali²	bíli bi šnjofali²
Imperative		—	šnjofaj	—	šnjofajmo	šnjofajte	—
Active past participle		šnjofao m / šnjofala f / šnjofalo n			šnjofali m / šnjofale f / šnjofala 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.

Synonyms

ùdisati, njȕšiti, šmŕkati

References

“šnjofati” in Hrvatski jezični portal