gonetati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly related to gòniti in its obsolete meaning "to hit, beat".

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡoněːtati/
Hyphenation: go‧ne‧ta‧ti

Verb edit

gonétati impf (Cyrillic spelling гоне́тати)

(transitive) to solve (puzzle, problem), seek an answer
(transitive) to predict, augur, divine

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of gonetati

Infinitive: gonetati		Present verbal adverb: gonètajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: gonètānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		gonetam	gonetaš	goneta	gonetamo	gonetate	gonetaju
Future	Future I	gonetat ću¹ gonetaću	gonetat ćeš¹ gonetaćeš	gonetat će¹ gonetaće	gonetat ćemo¹ gonetaćemo	gonetat ćete¹ gonetaćete	gonetat će¹ gonetaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm gonetao²	bȕdēš gonetao²	bȕdē gonetao²	bȕdēmo gonetali²	bȕdēte gonetali²	bȕdū gonetali²
Past	Perfect	gonetao sam²	gonetao si²	gonetao je²	gonetali smo²	gonetali ste²	gonetali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam gonetao²	bȉo si gonetao²	bȉo je gonetao²	bíli smo gonetali²	bíli ste gonetali²	bíli su gonetali²
	Imperfect	gonetah	gonetaše	gonetaše	gonetasmo	gonetaste	gonetahu
Conditional I		gonetao bih²	gonetao bi²	gonetao bi²	gonetali bismo²	gonetali biste²	gonetali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih gonetao²	bȉo bi gonetao²	bȉo bi gonetao²	bíli bismo gonetali²	bíli biste gonetali²	bíli bi gonetali²
Imperative		—	gonetaj	—	gonetajmo	gonetajte	—
Active past participle		gonetao m / gonetala f / gonetalo n			gonetali m / gonetale f / gonetala n
Passive past participle		gonetan m / gonetana f / gonetano n			gonetani m / gonetane f / gonetana 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

“gonetati” in Hrvatski jezični portal