čihati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǐxati/

Verb

čìhati impf (Cyrillic spelling чѝхати)

1. 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 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 (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