pokretati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ kretati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǒkretati/
Hyphenation: po‧kre‧ta‧ti

Verb

pòkretati impf (Cyrillic spelling по̀кретати)

(transitive) to initiate, start, set in motion

Conjugation

Conjugation of pokretati

Infinitive: pokretati		Present verbal adverb: pòkrećūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pòkretānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		pokrećem	pokrećeš	pokreće	pokrećemo	pokrećete	pokreću
Future	Future I	pokretat ću¹ pokretaću	pokretat ćeš¹ pokretaćeš	pokretat će¹ pokretaće	pokretat ćemo¹ pokretaćemo	pokretat ćete¹ pokretaćete	pokretat će¹ pokretaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm pokretao²	bȕdēš pokretao²	bȕdē pokretao²	bȕdēmo pokretali²	bȕdēte pokretali²	bȕdū pokretali²
Past	Perfect	pokretao sam²	pokretao si²	pokretao je²	pokretali smo²	pokretali ste²	pokretali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam pokretao²	bȉo si pokretao²	bȉo je pokretao²	bíli smo pokretali²	bíli ste pokretali²	bíli su pokretali²
	Imperfect	pokretah	pokretaše	pokretaše	pokretasmo	pokretaste	pokretahu
Conditional I		pokretao bih²	pokretao bi²	pokretao bi²	pokretali bismo²	pokretali biste²	pokretali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih pokretao²	bȉo bi pokretao²	bȉo bi pokretao²	bíli bismo pokretali²	bíli biste pokretali²	bíli bi pokretali²
Imperative		—	pokreći	—	pokrećimo	pokrećite	—
Active past participle		pokretao m / pokretala f / pokretalo n			pokretali m / pokretale f / pokretala n
Passive past participle		pokretan m / pokretana f / pokretano n			pokretani m / pokretane f / pokretana 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

pokrénuti pf