venčati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

vjènčati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věnьčati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋěnt͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: ven‧ča‧ti

Verb

vènčati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling вѐнчати)

(transitive, reflexive) to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of venčati

Infinitive: venčati		Present verbal adverb: vènčajūći		Past verbal adverb: vènčāvši		Verbal noun: vènčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		venčam	venčaš	venča	venčamo	venčate	venčaju
Future	Future I	venčat ću¹ venčaću	venčat ćeš¹ venčaćeš	venčat će¹ venčaće	venčat ćemo¹ venčaćemo	venčat ćete¹ venčaćete	venčat će¹ venčaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm venčao²	bȕdēš venčao²	bȕdē venčao²	bȕdēmo venčali²	bȕdēte venčali²	bȕdū venčali²
Past	Perfect	venčao sam²	venčao si²	venčao je²	venčali smo²	venčali ste²	venčali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam venčao²	bȉo si venčao²	bȉo je venčao²	bíli smo venčali²	bíli ste venčali²	bíli su venčali²
	Aorist	venčah	venča	venča	venčasmo	venčaste	venčaše
	Imperfect	venčah	venčaše	venčaše	venčasmo	venčaste	venčahu
Conditional I		venčao bih²	venčao bi²	venčao bi²	venčali bismo²	venčali biste²	venčali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih venčao²	bȉo bi venčao²	bȉo bi venčao²	bíli bismo venčali²	bíli biste venčali²	bíli bi venčali²
Imperative		—	venčaj	—	venčajmo	venčajte	—
Active past participle		venčao m / venčala f / venčalo n			venčali m / venčale f / venčala n
Passive past participle		venčan m / venčana f / venčano n			venčani m / venčane f / venčana 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

venčávati impf