čihati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǐxati/

Verb

čìhati impf (Cyrillic spelling чѝхати)

alternative form of čèhati

Conjugation

Conjugation of čihati

Infinitive: čihati		Present verbal adverb: čìhajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čìhānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čìhām	čihaš	čiha	čihamo	čihate	čihaju
Future	Future I	čihat ću¹ čihaću	čihat ćeš¹ čihaćeš	čihat će¹ čihaće	čihat ćemo¹ čihaćemo	čihat ćete¹ čihaćete	čihat će¹ čihaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm čihao²	bȕdēš čihao²	bȕdē čihao²	bȕdēmo čihali²	bȕdēte čihali²	bȕdū čihali²
Past	Perfect	čihao sam²	čihao si²	čihao je²	čihali smo²	čihali ste²	čihali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam čihao²	bȉo si čihao²	bȉo je čihao²	bíli smo čihali²	bíli ste čihali²	bíli su čihali²
	Imperfect	čihah	čihaše	čihaše	čihasmo	čihaste	čihahu
Conditional I		čihao bih²	čihao bi²	čihao bi²	čihali bismo²	čihali biste²	čihali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih čihao²	bȉo bi čihao²	bȉo bi čihao²	bíli bismo čihali²	bíli biste čihali²	bíli bi čihali²
Imperative		—	čihaj	—	čihajmo	čihajte	—
Active past participle		čihao m / čihala f / čihalo n			čihali m / čihale f / čihala n
Passive past participle		čihan m / čihana f / čihano n			čihani m / čihane f / čihana 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.

References

“čihati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
“čihati”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 888