čekirati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English check.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃekirati/
• Hyphenation: če‧ki‧ra‧ti

Verb

čekirati impf (Cyrillic spelling чекирати)

1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to check, confirm
2. (transitive, colloquial) to test, question
3. (transitive, colloquial) to clear, provide with a clearance

Conjugation

Conjugation of čekirati

Infinitive: čekirati		Present verbal adverb: čekirajući		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čekiranje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čekiram	čekiraš	čekira	čekiramo	čekirate	čekiraju
Future	Future I	čekirat ću1 čekiraću	čekirat ćeš1 čekiraćeš	čekirat će1 čekiraće	čekirat ćemo1 čekiraćemo	čekirat ćete1 čekiraćete	čekirat će1 čekiraće
	Future II	bȕdēm čekirao2	bȕdēš čekirao2	bȕdē čekirao2	bȕdēmo čekirali2	bȕdēte čekirali2	bȕdū čekirali2
Past	Perfect	čekirao sam2	čekirao si2	čekirao je2	čekirali smo2	čekirali ste2	čekirali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam čekirao2	bȉo si čekirao2	bȉo je čekirao2	bíli smo čekirali2	bíli ste čekirali2	bíli su čekirali2
	Imperfect	čekirah	čekiraše	čekiraše	čekirasmo	čekiraste	čekirahu
Conditional I		čekirao bih2	čekirao bi2	čekirao bi2	čekirali bismo2	čekirali biste2	čekirali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih čekirao2	bȉo bi čekirao2	bȉo bi čekirao2	bíli bismo čekirali2	bíli biste čekirali2	bíli bi čekirali2
Imperative		—	čekiraj	—	čekirajmo	čekirajte	—
Active past participle		čekirao m / čekirala f / čekiralo n			čekirali m / čekirale f / čekirala n
Passive past participle		čekiran m / čekirana f / čekirano n			čekirani m / čekirane f / čekirana 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.

Synonyms

• (check): proverávati / provjerávati