primicati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pri- +‎ micati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prǐmit͡sati/
Hyphenation: pri‧mi‧ca‧ti

Verb

prìmicati impf (Cyrillic spelling прѝмицати)

(transitive) to move closer
(reflexive) to come closer; approach

Conjugation

Conjugation of primicati

Infinitive: primicati		Present verbal adverb: prìmičūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prìmicānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		primičem	primičeš	primiče	primičemo	primičete	primiču
Future	Future I	primicat ću¹ primicaću	primicat ćeš¹ primicaćeš	primicat će¹ primicaće	primicat ćemo¹ primicaćemo	primicat ćete¹ primicaćete	primicat će¹ primicaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm primicao²	bȕdēš primicao²	bȕdē primicao²	bȕdēmo primicali²	bȕdēte primicali²	bȕdū primicali²
Past	Perfect	primicao sam²	primicao si²	primicao je²	primicali smo²	primicali ste²	primicali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam primicao²	bȉo si primicao²	bȉo je primicao²	bíli smo primicali²	bíli ste primicali²	bíli su primicali²
	Imperfect	primicah	primicaše	primicaše	primicasmo	primicaste	primicahu
Conditional I		primicao bih²	primicao bi²	primicao bi²	primicali bismo²	primicali biste²	primicali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih primicao²	bȉo bi primicao²	bȉo bi primicao²	bíli bismo primicali²	bíli biste primicali²	bíli bi primicali²
Imperative		—	primiči	—	primičimo	primičite	—
Active past participle		primicao m / primicala f / primicalo n			primicali m / primicale f / primicala n
Passive past participle		primican m / primicana f / primicano n			primicani m / primicane f / primicana 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

primàknuti pf