lokati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lokati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lǒkati/
Hyphenation: lo‧ka‧ti

Verb

lòkati impf (Cyrillic spelling ло̀кати)

(transitive, intransitive) to drink, lap (suddenly, with an accompanying sound)
(colloquial, intransitive) to drink, guzzle (consume alcohol), especially excessively

Conjugation

Conjugation of lokati

Infinitive: lokati		Present verbal adverb: lȍčūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: lòkānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ločem	ločeš	loče	ločemo	ločete	loču
Future	Future I	lokat ću¹ lokaću	lokat ćeš¹ lokaćeš	lokat će¹ lokaće	lokat ćemo¹ lokaćemo	lokat ćete¹ lokaćete	lokat će¹ lokaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm lokao²	bȕdēš lokao²	bȕdē lokao²	bȕdēmo lokali²	bȕdēte lokali²	bȕdū lokali²
Past	Perfect	lokao sam²	lokao si²	lokao je²	lokali smo²	lokali ste²	lokali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam lokao²	bȉo si lokao²	bȉo je lokao²	bíli smo lokali²	bíli ste lokali²	bíli su lokali²
	Imperfect	lokah	lokaše	lokaše	lokasmo	lokaste	lokahu
Conditional I		lokao bih²	lokao bi²	lokao bi²	lokali bismo²	lokali biste²	lokali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih lokao²	bȉo bi lokao²	bȉo bi lokao²	bíli bismo lokali²	bíli biste lokali²	bíli bi lokali²
Imperative		—	loči	—	ločimo	ločite	—
Active past participle		lokao m / lokala f / lokalo n			lokali m / lokale f / lokala 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

References

“lokati” in Hrvatski jezični portal