ćaskati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕâskati/
• Hyphenation: ćas‧ka‧ti

Verb

ćȁskati impf (Cyrillic spelling ћа̏скати)

1. (intransitive) to chat, make small talk

Conjugation

Conjugation of ćaskati

Infinitive: ćaskati		Present verbal adverb: ćȁskajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ćȁskānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ćaskam	ćaskaš	ćaska	ćaskamo	ćaskate	ćaskaju
Future	Future I	ćaskat ću1 ćaskaću	ćaskat ćeš1 ćaskaćeš	ćaskat će1 ćaskaće	ćaskat ćemo1 ćaskaćemo	ćaskat ćete1 ćaskaćete	ćaskat će1 ćaskaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ćaskao2	bȕdēš ćaskao2	bȕdē ćaskao2	bȕdēmo ćaskali2	bȕdēte ćaskali2	bȕdū ćaskali2
Past	Perfect	ćaskao sam2	ćaskao si2	ćaskao je2	ćaskali smo2	ćaskali ste2	ćaskali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ćaskao2	bȉo si ćaskao2	bȉo je ćaskao2	bíli smo ćaskali2	bíli ste ćaskali2	bíli su ćaskali2
	Imperfect	ćaskah	ćaskaše	ćaskaše	ćaskasmo	ćaskaste	ćaskahu
Conditional I		ćaskao bih2	ćaskao bi2	ćaskao bi2	ćaskali bismo2	ćaskali biste2	ćaskali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ćaskao2	bȉo bi ćaskao2	bȉo bi ćaskao2	bíli bismo ćaskali2	bíli biste ćaskali2	bíli bi ćaskali2
Imperative		—	ćaskaj	—	ćaskajmo	ćaskajte	—
Active past participle		ćaskao m / ćaskala f / ćaskalo n			ćaskali m / ćaskale f / ćaskala 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

• ćaskanje

References

• “ćaskati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024