špijati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃpǐjati/
Hyphenation: špi‧ja‧ti

Verb

špìjati impf (Cyrillic spelling шпѝјати)

(colloquial) to spy

Conjugation

Conjugation of špijati

Infinitive: špijati		Present verbal adverb: špìjajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: špìjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		špijam	špijaš	špija	špijamo	špijate	špijaju
Future	Future I	špijat ću¹ špijaću	špijat ćeš¹ špijaćeš	špijat će¹ špijaće	špijat ćemo¹ špijaćemo	špijat ćete¹ špijaćete	špijat će¹ špijaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm špijao²	bȕdēš špijao²	bȕdē špijao²	bȕdēmo špijali²	bȕdēte špijali²	bȕdū špijali²
Past	Perfect	špijao sam²	špijao si²	špijao je²	špijali smo²	špijali ste²	špijali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam špijao²	bȉo si špijao²	bȉo je špijao²	bíli smo špijali²	bíli ste špijali²	bíli su špijali²
	Imperfect	špijah	špijaše	špijaše	špijasmo	špijaste	špijahu
Conditional I		špijao bih²	špijao bi²	špijao bi²	špijali bismo²	špijali biste²	špijali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih špijao²	bȉo bi špijao²	bȉo bi špijao²	bíli bismo špijali²	bíli biste špijali²	bíli bi špijali²
Imperative		—	špijaj	—	špijajmo	špijajte	—
Active past participle		špijao m / špijala f / špijalo n			špijali m / špijale f / špijala 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.