brkati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъkati. Compare Russian бо́ркать (bórkatʹ). Compare ùzburkati.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /břːkati/
Hyphenation: br‧ka‧ti

Verb edit

bŕkati impf (Cyrillic spelling бр́кати)

(transitive) to confuse, mix up
boje su slične pa ih često brkam ― the colors are similar so I mix them up a lot
(reflexive) to interfere
nemoj se brkati u moj posao ― don't interfere with my job

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of brkati

Infinitive: brkati		Present verbal adverb: bŕkajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bŕkānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brkam	brkaš	brka	brkamo	brkate	brkaju
Future	Future I	brkat ću¹ brkaću	brkat ćeš¹ brkaćeš	brkat će¹ brkaće	brkat ćemo¹ brkaćemo	brkat ćete¹ brkaćete	brkat će¹ brkaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm brkao²	bȕdēš brkao²	bȕdē brkao²	bȕdēmo brkali²	bȕdēte brkali²	bȕdū brkali²
Past	Perfect	brkao sam²	brkao si²	brkao je²	brkali smo²	brkali ste²	brkali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam brkao²	bȉo si brkao²	bȉo je brkao²	bíli smo brkali²	bíli ste brkali²	bíli su brkali²
	Imperfect	brkah	brkaše	brkaše	brkasmo	brkaste	brkahu
Conditional I		brkao bih²	brkao bi²	brkao bi²	brkali bismo²	brkali biste²	brkali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih brkao²	bȉo bi brkao²	bȉo bi brkao²	bíli bismo brkali²	bíli biste brkali²	bíli bi brkali²
Imperative		—	brkaj	—	brkajmo	brkajte	—
Active past participle		brkao m / brkala f / brkalo n			brkali m / brkale f / brkala n
Passive past participle		brkan m / brkana f / brkano n			brkani m / brkane f / brkana 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 edit

References edit

“brkati” in Hrvatski jezični portal