prebijati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prebǐːjati/
Hyphenation: pre‧bi‧ja‧ti

Verb

prebíjati impf (Cyrillic spelling преби́јати)

(transitive) to beat up
(transitive) to settle (debt)
(transitive) to break (into halves, pieces)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prebijati

Infinitive: prebijati		Present verbal adverb: prebíjajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prebíjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prebijam	prebijaš	prebija	prebijamo	prebijate	prebijaju
Future	Future I	prebijat ću¹ prebijaću	prebijat ćeš¹ prebijaćeš	prebijat će¹ prebijaće	prebijat ćemo¹ prebijaćemo	prebijat ćete¹ prebijaćete	prebijat će¹ prebijaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm prebijao²	bȕdēš prebijao²	bȕdē prebijao²	bȕdēmo prebijali²	bȕdēte prebijali²	bȕdū prebijali²
Past	Perfect	prebijao sam²	prebijao si²	prebijao je²	prebijali smo²	prebijali ste²	prebijali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam prebijao²	bȉo si prebijao²	bȉo je prebijao²	bíli smo prebijali²	bíli ste prebijali²	bíli su prebijali²
	Imperfect	prebijah	prebijaše	prebijaše	prebijasmo	prebijaste	prebijahu
Conditional I		prebijao bih²	prebijao bi²	prebijao bi²	prebijali bismo²	prebijali biste²	prebijali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih prebijao²	bȉo bi prebijao²	bȉo bi prebijao²	bíli bismo prebijali²	bíli biste prebijali²	bíli bi prebijali²
Imperative		—	prebijaj	—	prebijajmo	prebijajte	—
Active past participle		prebijao m / prebijala f / prebijalo n			prebijali m / prebijale f / prebijala n
Passive past participle		prebijan m / prebijana f / prebijano n			prebijani m / prebijane f / prebijana 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

prèbiti pf