zadavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zadǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: za‧da‧va‧ti

Verb

zadávati impf (Cyrillic spelling зада́вати)

(transitive) to assign, give (an assignment or duty)
(transitive) to cause (pain, trouble, worry)
zadavati udarac — to deliver a blow

zadavati ranu — to inflict a wound

Conjugation

Conjugation of zadavati

Infinitive: zadavati		Present verbal adverb: zàdājūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: zadávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zadajem	zadaješ	zadaje	zadajemo	zadajete	zadaju
Future	Future I	zadavat ću¹ zadavaću	zadavat ćeš¹ zadavaćeš	zadavat će¹ zadavaće	zadavat ćemo¹ zadavaćemo	zadavat ćete¹ zadavaćete	zadavat će¹ zadavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zadavao²	bȕdēš zadavao²	bȕdē zadavao²	bȕdēmo zadavali²	bȕdēte zadavali²	bȕdū zadavali²
Past	Perfect	zadavao sam²	zadavao si²	zadavao je²	zadavali smo²	zadavali ste²	zadavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zadavao²	bȉo si zadavao²	bȉo je zadavao²	bíli smo zadavali²	bíli ste zadavali²	bíli su zadavali²
	Imperfect	zadavah	zadavaše	zadavaše	zadavasmo	zadavaste	zadavahu
Conditional I		zadavao bih²	zadavao bi²	zadavao bi²	zadavali bismo²	zadavali biste²	zadavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zadavao²	bȉo bi zadavao²	bȉo bi zadavao²	bíli bismo zadavali²	bíli biste zadavali²	bíli bi zadavali²
Imperative		—	zadaj	—	zadajmo	zadajte	—
Active past participle		zadavao m / zadavala f / zadavalo n			zadavali m / zadavale f / zadavala n
Passive past participle		zadavan m / zadavana f / zadavano n			zadavani m / zadavane f / zadavana 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

zàdati pf