ovladati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ vladati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʋlǎːdati/
• Hyphenation: o‧vla‧da‧ti

Verb

ovládati pf (Cyrillic spelling овла́дати)

1. (intransitive) to establish control over something; to control (+instrumental)
2. (intransitive) to master (technique, process, language etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ovladati

Infinitive: ovladati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ovládāvši		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		ovladam	ovladaš	ovlada	ovladamo	ovladate	ovladaju
Future	Future I	ovladat ću1 ovladaću	ovladat ćeš1 ovladaćeš	ovladat će1 ovladaće	ovladat ćemo1 ovladaćemo	ovladat ćete1 ovladaćete	ovladat će1 ovladaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ovladao2	bȕdēš ovladao2	bȕdē ovladao2	bȕdēmo ovladali2	bȕdēte ovladali2	bȕdū ovladali2
Past	Perfect	ovladao sam2	ovladao si2	ovladao je2	ovladali smo2	ovladali ste2	ovladali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ovladao2	bȉo si ovladao2	bȉo je ovladao2	bíli smo ovladali2	bíli ste ovladali2	bíli su ovladali2
	Aorist	ovladah	ovlada	ovlada	ovladasmo	ovladaste	ovladaše
Conditional I		ovladao bih2	ovladao bi2	ovladao bi2	ovladali bismo2	ovladali biste2	ovladali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ovladao2	bȉo bi ovladao2	bȉo bi ovladao2	bíli bismo ovladali2	bíli biste ovladali2	bíli bi ovladali2
Imperative		—	ovladaj	—	ovladajmo	ovladajte	—
Active past participle		ovladao m / ovladala f / ovladalo n			ovladali m / ovladale f / ovladala n
Passive past participle		ovladan m / ovladana f / ovladano n			ovladani m / ovladane f / ovladana 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

• ovladávati impf

Further reading

• “ovladati” in Hrvatski jezični portal