zabavljati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /zǎbaʋʎati/
Hyphenation: za‧bav‧lja‧ti

Verb edit

zàbavljati impf (Cyrillic spelling за̀бављати)

(transitive, reflexive) to amuse, entertain, have fun
(transitive) to draw, keep somebody's attention
(reflexive) to be occupied with something, to spend or waste some time doing something

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of zabavljati

Infinitive: zabavljati		Present verbal adverb: zàbavljajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: zàbavljānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zabavljam	zabavljaš	zabavlja	zabavljamo	zabavljate	zabavljaju
Future	Future I	zabavljat ću¹ zabavljaću	zabavljat ćeš¹ zabavljaćeš	zabavljat će¹ zabavljaće	zabavljat ćemo¹ zabavljaćemo	zabavljat ćete¹ zabavljaćete	zabavljat će¹ zabavljaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zabavljao²	bȕdēš zabavljao²	bȕdē zabavljao²	bȕdēmo zabavljali²	bȕdēte zabavljali²	bȕdū zabavljali²
Past	Perfect	zabavljao sam²	zabavljao si²	zabavljao je²	zabavljali smo²	zabavljali ste²	zabavljali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zabavljao²	bȉo si zabavljao²	bȉo je zabavljao²	bíli smo zabavljali²	bíli ste zabavljali²	bíli su zabavljali²
	Imperfect	zabavljah	zabavljaše	zabavljaše	zabavljasmo	zabavljaste	zabavljahu
Conditional I		zabavljao bih²	zabavljao bi²	zabavljao bi²	zabavljali bismo²	zabavljali biste²	zabavljali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zabavljao²	bȉo bi zabavljao²	bȉo bi zabavljao²	bíli bismo zabavljali²	bíli biste zabavljali²	bíli bi zabavljali²
Imperative		—	zabavljaj	—	zabavljajmo	zabavljajte	—
Active past participle		zabavljao m / zabavljala f / zabavljalo n			zabavljali m / zabavljale f / zabavljala n
Passive past participle		zabavljan m / zabavljana f / zabavljano n			zabavljani m / zabavljane f / zabavljana 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.

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