potrčati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ trčati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /potř̩t͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: po‧tr‧ča‧ti

Verb

potr̀čati pf (Cyrillic spelling потр̀чати)

(intransitive) to start running

Conjugation

Conjugation of potrčati

Infinitive: potrčati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: potr̀čāvši		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		potrčim	potrčiš	potrči	potrčimo	potrčite	potrče
Future	Future I	potrčat ću¹ potrčaću	potrčat ćeš¹ potrčaćeš	potrčat će¹ potrčaće	potrčat ćemo¹ potrčaćemo	potrčat ćete¹ potrčaćete	potrčat će¹ potrčaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm potrčao²	bȕdēš potrčao²	bȕdē potrčao²	bȕdēmo potrčali²	bȕdēte potrčali²	bȕdū potrčali²
Past	Perfect	potrčao sam²	potrčao si²	potrčao je²	potrčali smo²	potrčali ste²	potrčali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam potrčao²	bȉo si potrčao²	bȉo je potrčao²	bíli smo potrčali²	bíli ste potrčali²	bíli su potrčali²
	Aorist	potrčah	potrča	potrča	potrčasmo	potrčaste	potrčaše
Conditional I		potrčao bih²	potrčao bi²	potrčao bi²	potrčali bismo²	potrčali biste²	potrčali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih potrčao²	bȉo bi potrčao²	bȉo bi potrčao²	bíli bismo potrčali²	bíli biste potrčali²	bíli bi potrčali²
Imperative		—	potrči	—	potrčimo	potrčite	—
Active past participle		potrčao m / potrčala f / potrčalo n			potrčali m / potrčale f / potrčala 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

tr̀čati impf