ogovarati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From o- + govor, govoriti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /oɡoʋǎːrati/
Hyphenation: o‧go‧va‧ra‧ti

Verb edit

ogovárati impf (Cyrillic spelling огова́рати)

(transitive) to badmouth
ogovarali smo te iza leđa ― we were badmouthing you behind your back

kučka je otišla..hajdemo je ogovorati! ― the bitch is gone..let's trash-talk her!

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of ogovarati

Infinitive: ogovarati		Present verbal adverb: ogovárajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ogovárānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ogovaram	ogovaraš	ogovara	ogovaramo	ogovarate	ogovaraju
Future	Future I	ogovarat ću¹ ogovaraću	ogovarat ćeš¹ ogovaraćeš	ogovarat će¹ ogovaraće	ogovarat ćemo¹ ogovaraćemo	ogovarat ćete¹ ogovaraćete	ogovarat će¹ ogovaraće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm ogovarao²	bȕdēš ogovarao²	bȕdē ogovarao²	bȕdēmo ogovarali²	bȕdēte ogovarali²	bȕdū ogovarali²
Past	Perfect	ogovarao sam²	ogovarao si²	ogovarao je²	ogovarali smo²	ogovarali ste²	ogovarali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam ogovarao²	bȉo si ogovarao²	bȉo je ogovarao²	bíli smo ogovarali²	bíli ste ogovarali²	bíli su ogovarali²
	Imperfect	ogovarah	ogovaraše	ogovaraše	ogovarasmo	ogovaraste	ogovarahu
Conditional I		ogovarao bih²	ogovarao bi²	ogovarao bi²	ogovarali bismo²	ogovarali biste²	ogovarali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih ogovarao²	bȉo bi ogovarao²	bȉo bi ogovarao²	bíli bismo ogovarali²	bíli biste ogovarali²	bíli bi ogovarali²
Imperative		—	ogovaraj	—	ogovarajmo	ogovarajte	—
Active past participle		ogovarao m / ogovarala f / ogovaralo n			ogovarali m / ogovarale f / ogovarala n
Passive past participle		ogovaran m / ogovarana f / ogovarano n			ogovarani m / ogovarane f / ogovarana 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

“ogovarati” in Hrvatski jezični portal