birati

See also: biratî

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǐːrati/
Hyphenation: bi‧ra‧ti

Verb

bírati impf (Cyrillic spelling би́рати)

(transitive) to pick, choose, select

Conjugation

Conjugation of birati

Infinitive: birati		Present verbal adverb: bírajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bírānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		biram	biraš	bira	biramo	birate	biraju
Future	Future I	birat ću¹ biraću	birat ćeš¹ biraćeš	birat će¹ biraće	birat ćemo¹ biraćemo	birat ćete¹ biraćete	birat će¹ biraće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm birao²	bȕdēš birao²	bȕdē birao²	bȕdēmo birali²	bȕdēte birali²	bȕdū birali²
Past	Perfect	birao sam²	birao si²	birao je²	birali smo²	birali ste²	birali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam birao²	bȉo si birao²	bȉo je birao²	bíli smo birali²	bíli ste birali²	bíli su birali²
	Imperfect	birah	biraše	biraše	birasmo	biraste	birahu
Conditional I		birao bih²	birao bi²	birao bi²	birali bismo²	birali biste²	birali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih birao²	bȉo bi birao²	bȉo bi birao²	bíli bismo birali²	bíli biste birali²	bíli bi birali²
Imperative		—	biraj	—	birajmo	birajte	—
Active past participle		birao m / birala f / biralo n			birali m / birale f / birala n
Passive past participle		biran m / birana f / birano n			birani m / birane f / birana 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

Related terms

brȁti