hrvati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

r̀vati

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rъvati with prothetic initial h-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xr̂ʋati/
Hyphenation: hr‧va‧ti

Verb

hȑvati impf (Cyrillic spelling хр̏вати)

(reflexive, sports) to wrestle
(reflexive) to struggle (with difficulties)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrvati

Infinitive: hrvati		Present verbal adverb: hȑvajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: hr̀vānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		hrvam	hrvaš	hrva	hrvamo	hrvate	hrvaju
Future	Future I	hrvat ću¹ hrvaću	hrvat ćeš¹ hrvaćeš	hrvat će¹ hrvaće	hrvat ćemo¹ hrvaćemo	hrvat ćete¹ hrvaćete	hrvat će¹ hrvaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm hrvao²	bȕdēš hrvao²	bȕdē hrvao²	bȕdēmo hrvali²	bȕdēte hrvali²	bȕdū hrvali²
Past	Perfect	hrvao sam²	hrvao si²	hrvao je²	hrvali smo²	hrvali ste²	hrvali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam hrvao²	bȉo si hrvao²	bȉo je hrvao²	bíli smo hrvali²	bíli ste hrvali²	bíli su hrvali²
	Imperfect	hrvah	hrvaše	hrvaše	hrvasmo	hrvaste	hrvahu
Conditional I		hrvao bih²	hrvao bi²	hrvao bi²	hrvali bismo²	hrvali biste²	hrvali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih hrvao²	bȉo bi hrvao²	bȉo bi hrvao²	bíli bismo hrvali²	bíli biste hrvali²	bíli bi hrvali²
Imperative		—	hrvaj	—	hrvajmo	hrvajte	—
Active past participle		hrvao m / hrvala f / hrvalo n			hrvali m / hrvale f / hrvala 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

“hrvati” in Hrvatski jezični portal