baviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baviti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bâʋiti/
Hyphenation: ba‧vi‧ti

Verb

bȁviti impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̏вити)

(reflexive, with instrumental) to do, attend, engage in, go in for, occupy oneself with
Bavi se jogom. ― He goes in for yoga.

Čim se bavite? ― What do you do (for a job)?

Bavim se prodajom knjiga. ― I sell books. (as a job)
(reflexive, with s + instrumental) to deal with

Conjugation

Conjugation of baviti

Infinitive: baviti		Present verbal adverb: bȁvēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bȁvljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bavim	baviš	bavi	bavimo	bavite	bave
Future	Future I	bavit ću¹ baviću	bavit ćeš¹ bavićeš	bavit će¹ baviće	bavit ćemo¹ bavićemo	bavit ćete¹ bavićete	bavit će¹ baviće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bavio²	bȕdēš bavio²	bȕdē bavio²	bȕdēmo bavili²	bȕdēte bavili²	bȕdū bavili²
Past	Perfect	bavio sam²	bavio si²	bavio je²	bavili smo²	bavili ste²	bavili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bavio²	bȉo si bavio²	bȉo je bavio²	bíli smo bavili²	bíli ste bavili²	bíli su bavili²
	Imperfect	bavljah	bavljaše	bavljaše	bavljasmo	bavljaste	bavljahu
Conditional I		bavio bih²	bavio bi²	bavio bi²	bavili bismo²	bavili biste²	bavili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bavio²	bȉo bi bavio²	bȉo bi bavio²	bíli bismo bavili²	bíli biste bavili²	bíli bi bavili²
Imperative		—	bavi	—	bavimo	bavite	—
Active past participle		bavio m / bavila f / bavilo n			bavili m / bavile f / bavila 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.

Derived terms

References

“baviti” in Hrvatski jezični portal