promatrati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /promǎːtrati/
Hyphenation: pro‧ma‧tra‧ti

Verb

promátrati impf (Cyrillic spelling прома́трати)

(transitive, chiefly Croatia) to look over, to examine by looking

Usage notes

In Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, synonymous osmátrati is more common.

Conjugation

Conjugation of promatrati

Infinitive: promatrati		Present verbal adverb: promátrajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: promátrānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		promatram	promatraš	promatra	promatramo	promatrate	promatraju
Future	Future I	promatrat ću¹ promatraću	promatrat ćeš¹ promatraćeš	promatrat će¹ promatraće	promatrat ćemo¹ promatraćemo	promatrat ćete¹ promatraćete	promatrat će¹ promatraće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm promatrao²	bȕdēš promatrao²	bȕdē promatrao²	bȕdēmo promatrali²	bȕdēte promatrali²	bȕdū promatrali²
Past	Perfect	promatrao sam²	promatrao si²	promatrao je²	promatrali smo²	promatrali ste²	promatrali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam promatrao²	bȉo si promatrao²	bȉo je promatrao²	bíli smo promatrali²	bíli ste promatrali²	bíli su promatrali²
	Imperfect	promatrah	promatraše	promatraše	promatrasmo	promatraste	promatrahu
Conditional I		promatrao bih²	promatrao bi²	promatrao bi²	promatrali bismo²	promatrali biste²	promatrali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih promatrao²	bȉo bi promatrao²	bȉo bi promatrao²	bíli bismo promatrali²	bíli biste promatrali²	bíli bi promatrali²
Imperative		—	promatraj	—	promatrajmo	promatrajte	—
Active past participle		promatrao m / promatrala f / promatralo n			promatrali m / promatrale f / promatrala n
Passive past participle		promatran m / promatrana f / promatrano n			promatrani m / promatrane f / promatrana 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

promòtriti pf