obvezati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

obavézati

Etymology

From ob- +‎ vezati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /obʋěːzati/
Hyphenation: ob‧ve‧za‧ti

Verb

obvézati pf (Cyrillic spelling обве́зати)

(transitive, reflexive) to obligate, bind

Conjugation

Conjugation of obvezati

Infinitive: obvezati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: obvézāvši		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		obvežem	obvežeš	obveže	obvežemo	obvežete	obvežu
Future	Future I	obvezat ću¹ obvezaću	obvezat ćeš¹ obvezaćeš	obvezat će¹ obvezaće	obvezat ćemo¹ obvezaćemo	obvezat ćete¹ obvezaćete	obvezat će¹ obvezaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm obvezao²	bȕdēš obvezao²	bȕdē obvezao²	bȕdēmo obvezali²	bȕdēte obvezali²	bȕdū obvezali²
Past	Perfect	obvezao sam²	obvezao si²	obvezao je²	obvezali smo²	obvezali ste²	obvezali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam obvezao²	bȉo si obvezao²	bȉo je obvezao²	bíli smo obvezali²	bíli ste obvezali²	bíli su obvezali²
	Aorist	obvezah	obveza	obveza	obvezasmo	obvezaste	obvezaše
Conditional I		obvezao bih²	obvezao bi²	obvezao bi²	obvezali bismo²	obvezali biste²	obvezali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih obvezao²	bȉo bi obvezao²	bȉo bi obvezao²	bíli bismo obvezali²	bíli biste obvezali²	bíli bi obvezali²
Imperative		—	obveži	—	obvežimo	obvežite	—
Active past participle		obvezao m / obvezala f / obvezalo n			obvezali m / obvezale f / obvezala n
Passive past participle		obvezan m / obvezana f / obvezano n			obvezani m / obvezane f / obvezana 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

obvezívati impf