potkovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pod- +‎ kovati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /potkǒʋati/
Hyphenation: pot‧ko‧va‧ti

Verb

potkòvati pf (Cyrillic spelling потко̀вати)

(transitive) to horseshoe
(reflexive) to get ready, study, become well-versed in

Conjugation

Conjugation of potkovati

Infinitive: potkovati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: potkòvāvši		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		potkujem	potkuješ	potkuje	potkujemo	potkujete	potkuju
Future	Future I	potkovat ću¹ potkovaću	potkovat ćeš¹ potkovaćeš	potkovat će¹ potkovaće	potkovat ćemo¹ potkovaćemo	potkovat ćete¹ potkovaćete	potkovat će¹ potkovaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm potkovao²	bȕdēš potkovao²	bȕdē potkovao²	bȕdēmo potkovali²	bȕdēte potkovali²	bȕdū potkovali²
Past	Perfect	potkovao sam²	potkovao si²	potkovao je²	potkovali smo²	potkovali ste²	potkovali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam potkovao²	bȉo si potkovao²	bȉo je potkovao²	bíli smo potkovali²	bíli ste potkovali²	bíli su potkovali²
	Aorist	potkovah	potkova	potkova	potkovasmo	potkovaste	potkovaše
Conditional I		potkovao bih²	potkovao bi²	potkovao bi²	potkovali bismo²	potkovali biste²	potkovali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih potkovao²	bȉo bi potkovao²	bȉo bi potkovao²	bíli bismo potkovali²	bíli biste potkovali²	bíli bi potkovali²
Imperative		—	potkuj	—	potkujmo	potkujte	—
Active past participle		potkovao m / potkovala f / potkovalo n			potkovali m / potkovale f / potkovala n
Passive past participle		potkovan m / potkovana f / potkovano n			potkovani m / potkovane f / potkovana 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

potkívati impf