iskopati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

iz- +‎ kopati, calque of German ausgraben.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /iskǒpati/
Hyphenation: is‧ko‧pa‧ti

Verb edit

iskòpati pf (Cyrillic spelling иско̀пати)

(transitive) to dig out, dig up (literally or figuratively)
(transitive) to excavate

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of iskopati

Infinitive: iskopati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: iskòpāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		iskopam	iskopaš	iskopa	iskopamo	iskopate	iskopaju
Future	Future I	iskopat ću¹ iskopaću	iskopat ćeš¹ iskopaćeš	iskopat će¹ iskopaće	iskopat ćemo¹ iskopaćemo	iskopat ćete¹ iskopaćete	iskopat će¹ iskopaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm iskopao²	bȕdēš iskopao²	bȕdē iskopao²	bȕdēmo iskopali²	bȕdēte iskopali²	bȕdū iskopali²
Past	Perfect	iskopao sam²	iskopao si²	iskopao je²	iskopali smo²	iskopali ste²	iskopali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam iskopao²	bȉo si iskopao²	bȉo je iskopao²	bíli smo iskopali²	bíli ste iskopali²	bíli su iskopali²
	Aorist	iskopah	iskopa	iskopa	iskopasmo	iskopaste	iskopaše
Conditional I		iskopao bih²	iskopao bi²	iskopao bi²	iskopali bismo²	iskopali biste²	iskopali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih iskopao²	bȉo bi iskopao²	bȉo bi iskopao²	bíli bismo iskopali²	bíli biste iskopali²	bíli bi iskopali²
Imperative		—	iskopaj	—	iskopajmo	iskopajte	—
Active past participle		iskopao m / iskopala f / iskopalo n			iskopali m / iskopale f / iskopala n
Passive past participle		iskopan m / iskopana f / iskopano n			iskopani m / iskopane f / iskopana 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.

Related terms edit

iskopávati impf