ručati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔːt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: ru‧ča‧ti

Verb

rúčati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling ру́чати)

1. (intransitive) to dine, have dinner/lunch (midday meal)
2. (transitive) to eat for dinner/lunch (midday meal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ručati

Infinitive: ručati		Present verbal adverb: rúčajūći		Past verbal adverb: ručavši		Verbal noun: rúčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ručam	ručaš	ruča	ručamo	ručate	ručaju
Future	Future I	ručat ću1 ručaću	ručat ćeš1 ručaćeš	ručat će1 ručaće	ručat ćemo1 ručaćemo	ručat ćete1 ručaćete	ručat će1 ručaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ručao2	bȕdēš ručao2	bȕdē ručao2	bȕdēmo ručali2	bȕdēte ručali2	bȕdū ručali2
Past	Perfect	ručao sam2	ručao si2	ručao je2	ručali smo2	ručali ste2	ručali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ručao2	bȉo si ručao2	bȉo je ručao2	bíli smo ručali2	bíli ste ručali2	bíli su ručali2
	Aorist	ručah	ruča	ruča	ručasmo	ručaste	ručaše
	Imperfect	ručah	ručaše	ručaše	ručasmo	ručaste	ručahu
Conditional I		ručao bih2	ručao bi2	ručao bi2	ručali bismo2	ručali biste2	ručali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ručao2	bȉo bi ručao2	bȉo bi ručao2	bíli bismo ručali2	bíli biste ručali2	bíli bi ručali2
Imperative		—	ručaj	—	ručajmo	ručajte	—
Active past participle		ručao m / ručala f / ručalo n			ručali m / ručale f / ručala n
Passive past participle		ručan m / ručana f / ručano n			ručani m / ručane f / ručana 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.

Further reading

• “ručati” in Hrvatski jezični portal