skratiti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skrǎːtiti/
Hyphenation: skra‧ti‧ti

Verb

skrátiti pf (Cyrillic spelling скра́тити)

(transitive) to shorten, make shorter
(transitive) to abbreviate
(transitive) to reduce (a fraction)
(reflexive) to become shorter

Conjugation

Conjugation of skratiti

Infinitive: skratiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: skrátīvši		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		skratim	skratiš	skrati	skratimo	skratite	skrate
Future	Future I	skratit ću¹ skratiću	skratit ćeš¹ skratićeš	skratit će¹ skratiće	skratit ćemo¹ skratićemo	skratit ćete¹ skratićete	skratit će¹ skratiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm skratio²	bȕdēš skratio²	bȕdē skratio²	bȕdēmo skratili²	bȕdēte skratili²	bȕdū skratili²
Past	Perfect	skratio sam²	skratio si²	skratio je²	skratili smo²	skratili ste²	skratili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam skratio²	bȉo si skratio²	bȉo je skratio²	bíli smo skratili²	bíli ste skratili²	bíli su skratili²
	Aorist	skratih	skrati	skrati	skratismo	skratiste	skratiše
Conditional I		skratio bih²	skratio bi²	skratio bi²	skratili bismo²	skratili biste²	skratili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih skratio²	bȉo bi skratio²	bȉo bi skratio²	bíli bismo skratili²	bíli biste skratili²	bíli bi skratili²
Imperative		—	skrati	—	skratimo	skratite	—
Active past participle		skratio m / skratila f / skratilo n			skratili m / skratile f / skratila n
Passive past participle		skraćen m / skraćena f / skraćeno n			skraćeni m / skraćene f / skraćena 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

skraćívati impf