čekirati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English check.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

čekirati impf (Cyrillic spelling чекирати)

(transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to check, confirm
(transitive, colloquial) to test, question
(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	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