чучати

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čučati (Bulgarian чуча (čuča), Czech čučeti).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǔːt͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: чу‧ча‧ти

Verb edit

чу́чати impf (Latin spelling čúčati)

(intransitive) to squat
(intransitive) to crouch
(intransitive, derogatory, ironically) to loiter

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of чучати

Infinitive: чучати		Present verbal adverb: чу́че̄ћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: чу́ча̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		чучим	чучиш	чучи	чучимо	чучите	чуче
Future	Future I	чучат ћу¹ чучаћу	чучат ћеш¹ чучаћеш	чучат ће¹ чучаће	чучат ћемо¹ чучаћемо	чучат ћете¹ чучаћете	чучат ће¹ чучаће
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м чучао²	бу̏де̄ш чучао²	бу̏де̄ чучао²	бу̏де̄мо чучали²	бу̏де̄те чучали²	бу̏дӯ чучали²
Past	Perfect	чучао сам²	чучао си²	чучао је²	чучали смо²	чучали сте²	чучали су²
	Pluperfect³	би̏о сам чучао²	би̏о си чучао²	би̏о је чучао²	би́ли смо чучали²	би́ли сте чучали²	би́ли су чучали²
	Imperfect	чучах	чучаше	чучаше	чучасмо	чучасте	чучаху
Conditional I		чучао бих²	чучао би²	чучао би²	чучали бисмо²	чучали бисте²	чучали би²
Conditional II⁴		би̏о бих чучао²	би̏о би чучао²	би̏о би чучао²	би́ли бисмо чучали²	би́ли бисте чучали²	би́ли би чучали²
Imperative		—	чучи	—	чучимо	чучите	—
Active past participle		чучао m / чучала f / чучало n			чучали m / чучале f / чучала 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

чу̏чнути

References edit

“чучати” in Hrvatski jezični portal