kovitlati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Russian ковыля́ть (kovyljátʹ).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /koʋǐtlati/
Hyphenation: ko‧vit‧la‧ti

Verb edit

kovìtlati impf (Cyrillic spelling ковѝтлати)

(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to swirl, whirl, spin

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of kovitlati

Infinitive: kovitlati		Present verbal adverb: kovìtlajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kovìtlānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kovitlam	kovitlaš	kovitla	kovitlamo	kovitlate	kovitlaju
Future	Future I	kovitlat ću¹ kovitlaću	kovitlat ćeš¹ kovitlaćeš	kovitlat će¹ kovitlaće	kovitlat ćemo¹ kovitlaćemo	kovitlat ćete¹ kovitlaćete	kovitlat će¹ kovitlaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm kovitlao²	bȕdēš kovitlao²	bȕdē kovitlao²	bȕdēmo kovitlali²	bȕdēte kovitlali²	bȕdū kovitlali²
Past	Perfect	kovitlao sam²	kovitlao si²	kovitlao je²	kovitlali smo²	kovitlali ste²	kovitlali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam kovitlao²	bȉo si kovitlao²	bȉo je kovitlao²	bíli smo kovitlali²	bíli ste kovitlali²	bíli su kovitlali²
	Imperfect	kovitlah	kovitlaše	kovitlaše	kovitlasmo	kovitlaste	kovitlahu
Conditional I		kovitlao bih²	kovitlao bi²	kovitlao bi²	kovitlali bismo²	kovitlali biste²	kovitlali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih kovitlao²	bȉo bi kovitlao²	bȉo bi kovitlao²	bíli bismo kovitlali²	bíli biste kovitlali²	bíli bi kovitlali²
Imperative		—	kovitlaj	—	kovitlajmo	kovitlajte	—
Active past participle		kovitlao m / kovitlala f / kovitlalo n			kovitlali m / kovitlale f / kovitlala n
Passive past participle		kovitlan m / kovitlana f / kovitlano n			kovitlani m / kovitlane f / kovitlana 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

“kovitlati” in Hrvatski jezični portal