omekšavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /omekʃǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: o‧mek‧ša‧va‧ti

Verb

omekšávati impf (Cyrillic spelling омекша́вати)

(transitive) to soften, mellow, mollify
(intransitive, reflexive) to become tender

Conjugation

Conjugation of omekšavati

Infinitive: omekšavati		Present verbal adverb: omekšávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: omekšávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		omekšavam	omekšavaš	omekšava	omekšavamo	omekšavate	omekšavaju
Future	Future I	omekšavat ću¹ omekšavaću	omekšavat ćeš¹ omekšavaćeš	omekšavat će¹ omekšavaće	omekšavat ćemo¹ omekšavaćemo	omekšavat ćete¹ omekšavaćete	omekšavat će¹ omekšavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm omekšavao²	bȕdēš omekšavao²	bȕdē omekšavao²	bȕdēmo omekšavali²	bȕdēte omekšavali²	bȕdū omekšavali²
Past	Perfect	omekšavao sam²	omekšavao si²	omekšavao je²	omekšavali smo²	omekšavali ste²	omekšavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam omekšavao²	bȉo si omekšavao²	bȉo je omekšavao²	bíli smo omekšavali²	bíli ste omekšavali²	bíli su omekšavali²
	Imperfect	omekšavah	omekšavaše	omekšavaše	omekšavasmo	omekšavaste	omekšavahu
Conditional I		omekšavao bih²	omekšavao bi²	omekšavao bi²	omekšavali bismo²	omekšavali biste²	omekšavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih omekšavao²	bȉo bi omekšavao²	bȉo bi omekšavao²	bíli bismo omekšavali²	bíli biste omekšavali²	bíli bi omekšavali²
Imperative		—	omekšavaj	—	omekšavajmo	omekšavajte	—
Active past participle		omekšavao m / omekšavala f / omekšavalo n			omekšavali m / omekšavale f / omekšavala n
Passive past participle		omekšavan m / omekšavana f / omekšavano n			omekšavani m / omekšavane f / omekšavana 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.

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