bubati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From bȕb.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bǔːbati/
Hyphenation: bu‧ba‧ti

Verb edit

búbati impf (Cyrillic spelling бу́бати)

(transitive, intransitive) to cram, grind
bubam za ispit c(ij)eli dan ― I've been cramming for an exam the whole day
(transitive, intransitive) to bang, thump
(intransitive, ironically) to chatter, babble
(transitive, intransitive) to announce, proclaim

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of bubati

Infinitive: bubati		Present verbal adverb: búbajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: búbānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bubam	bubaš	buba	bubamo	bubate	bubaju
Future	Future I	bubat ću¹ bubaću	bubat ćeš¹ bubaćeš	bubat će¹ bubaće	bubat ćemo¹ bubaćemo	bubat ćete¹ bubaćete	bubat će¹ bubaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bubao²	bȕdēš bubao²	bȕdē bubao²	bȕdēmo bubali²	bȕdēte bubali²	bȕdū bubali²
Past	Perfect	bubao sam²	bubao si²	bubao je²	bubali smo²	bubali ste²	bubali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bubao²	bȉo si bubao²	bȉo je bubao²	bíli smo bubali²	bíli ste bubali²	bíli su bubali²
	Imperfect	bubah	bubaše	bubaše	bubasmo	bubaste	bubahu
Conditional I		bubao bih²	bubao bi²	bubao bi²	bubali bismo²	bubali biste²	bubali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bubao²	bȉo bi bubao²	bȉo bi bubao²	bíli bismo bubali²	bíli biste bubali²	bíli bi bubali²
Imperative		—	bubaj	—	bubajmo	bubajte	—
Active past participle		bubao m / bubala f / bubalo n			bubali m / bubale f / bubala n
Passive past participle		buban m / bubana f / bubano n			bubani m / bubane f / bubana 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

nabúbati

References edit

“bubati” in Hrvatski jezični portal