alakati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• halákati

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alǎːkati/

Verb

alákati impf (Cyrillic spelling ала́кати)

1. (intransitive) to clamour or voice astonishment loudly, especially by referring to Allah

Conjugation

Conjugation of alakati

Infinitive: alakati		Present verbal adverb: aláčūći / alákajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: alákānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		àlāčēm / alakam	àlāčēš / alakaš	àlāčē / alaka	àlāčemo / alakamo	àlāčete / alakate	àlāču / alakaju
Future	Future I	alakat ću1 alakaću	alakat ćeš1 alakaćeš	alakat će1 alakaće	alakat ćemo1 alakaćemo	alakat ćete1 alakaćete	alakat će1 alakaće
	Future II	bȕdēm alakao2	bȕdēš alakao2	bȕdē alakao2	bȕdēmo alakali2	bȕdēte alakali2	bȕdū alakali2
Past	Perfect	alakao sam2	alakao si2	alakao je2	alakali smo2	alakali ste2	alakali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam alakao2	bȉo si alakao2	bȉo je alakao2	bíli smo alakali2	bíli ste alakali2	bíli su alakali2
	Imperfect	alakah	alakaše	alakaše	alakasmo	alakaste	alakahu
Conditional I		alakao bih2	alakao bi2	alakao bi2	alakali bismo2	alakali biste2	alakali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih alakao2	bȉo bi alakao2	bȉo bi alakao2	bíli bismo alakali2	bíli biste alakali2	bíli bi alakali2
Imperative		—	alači / alakaj	—	alačimo / alakajmo	alačite / alakajte	—
Active past participle		alakao m / alakala f / alakalo n			alakali m / alakale f / alakala 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.

Further reading

• “alakati” in Hrvatski jezični portal