bajati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bâjati/
Hyphenation: ba‧ja‧ti

Verb edit

bȁjati impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̏јати)

(intransitive) to tell fortunes
(intransitive) to practice sorcery

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of bajati

Infinitive: bajati		Present verbal adverb: bȁjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bȁjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bajem	baješ	baje	bajemo	bajete	baju
Future	Future I	bajat ću¹ bajaću	bajat ćeš¹ bajaćeš	bajat će¹ bajaće	bajat ćemo¹ bajaćemo	bajat ćete¹ bajaćete	bajat će¹ bajaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bajao²	bȕdēš bajao²	bȕdē bajao²	bȕdēmo bajali²	bȕdēte bajali²	bȕdū bajali²
Past	Perfect	bajao sam²	bajao si²	bajao je²	bajali smo²	bajali ste²	bajali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bajao²	bȉo si bajao²	bȉo je bajao²	bíli smo bajali²	bíli ste bajali²	bíli su bajali²
	Imperfect	bajah	bajaše	bajaše	bajasmo	bajaste	bajahu
Conditional I		bajao bih²	bajao bi²	bajao bi²	bajali bismo²	bajali biste²	bajali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bajao²	bȉo bi bajao²	bȉo bi bajao²	bíli bismo bajali²	bíli biste bajali²	bíli bi bajali²
Imperative		—	baj	—	bajmo	bajte	—
Active past participle		bajao m / bajala f / bajalo n			bajali m / bajale f / bajala n
Passive past participle		bajan m / bajana f / bajano n			bajani m / bajane f / bajana 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.

References edit

“bajati” in Hrvatski jezični portal