štovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьtovati. See čast.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃtǒʋati/
Hyphenation: što‧va‧ti

Verb

štòvati impf (Cyrillic spelling што̀вати)

(transitive) respect, esteem
(transitive) worship (deity)

Conjugation

Conjugation of štovati

Infinitive: štovati		Present verbal adverb: štȕjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: štòvānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		štujem	štuješ	štuje	štujemo	štujete	štuju
Future	Future I	štovat ću¹ štovaću	štovat ćeš¹ štovaćeš	štovat će¹ štovaće	štovat ćemo¹ štovaćemo	štovat ćete¹ štovaćete	štovat će¹ štovaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm štovao²	bȕdēš štovao²	bȕdē štovao²	bȕdēmo štovali²	bȕdēte štovali²	bȕdū štovali²
Past	Perfect	štovao sam²	štovao si²	štovao je²	štovali smo²	štovali ste²	štovali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam štovao²	bȉo si štovao²	bȉo je štovao²	bíli smo štovali²	bíli ste štovali²	bíli su štovali²
	Imperfect	štovah	štovaše	štovaše	štovasmo	štovaste	štovahu
Conditional I		štovao bih²	štovao bi²	štovao bi²	štovali bismo²	štovali biste²	štovali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih štovao²	bȉo bi štovao²	bȉo bi štovao²	bíli bismo štovali²	bíli biste štovali²	bíli bi štovali²
Imperative		—	štuj	—	štujmo	štujte	—
Active past participle		štovao m / štovala f / štovalo n			štovali m / štovale f / štovala n
Passive past participle		štovan m / štovana f / štovano n			štovani m / štovane f / štovana 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.