čučati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čučati (Bulgarian чуча (čuča), Czech čučet).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǔːt͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: ču‧ča‧ti

Verb

čúčati impf (Cyrillic spelling чу́чати)

(intransitive) to squat
(intransitive) to crouch
(intransitive, derogatory, ironically) to loiter

Conjugation

Conjugation of čučati

Infinitive: čučati		Present verbal adverb: čúčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čúčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čučim	čučiš	čuči	čučimo	čučite	čuče
Future	Future I	čučat ću¹ čučaću	čučat ćeš¹ čučaćeš	čučat će¹ čučaće	čučat ćemo¹ čučaćemo	čučat ćete¹ čučaćete	čučat će¹ čučaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm čučao²	bȕdēš čučao²	bȕdē čučao²	bȕdēmo čučali²	bȕdēte čučali²	bȕdū čučali²
Past	Perfect	čučao sam²	čučao si²	čučao je²	čučali smo²	čučali ste²	čučali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam čučao²	bȉo si čučao²	bȉo je čučao²	bíli smo čučali²	bíli ste čučali²	bíli su čučali²
	Imperfect	čučah	čučaše	čučaše	čučasmo	čučaste	čučahu
Conditional I		čučao bih²	čučao bi²	čučao bi²	čučali bismo²	čučali biste²	čučali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih čučao²	bȉo bi čučao²	bȉo bi čučao²	bíli bismo čučali²	bíli biste čučali²	bíli bi čučali²
Imperative		—	čuči	—	čučimo	čučite	—
Active past participle		čučao m / čučala f / čučalo n			čučali m / čučale f / čučala 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

References

“čučati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024