šapnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃǎpnuti/
• Hyphenation: šap‧nu‧ti

Verb

šàpnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling ша̀пнути)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to whisper
2. (theater and television) to prompt

Conjugation

Conjugation of šapnuti

Infinitive: šapnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: šàpnūvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šapnem	šapneš	šapne	šapnemo	šapnete	šapnu
Future	Future I	šapnut ću1 šapnuću	šapnut ćeš1 šapnućeš	šapnut će1 šapnuće	šapnut ćemo1 šapnućemo	šapnut ćete1 šapnućete	šapnut će1 šapnuće
	Future II	bȕdēm šapnuo2	bȕdēš šapnuo2	bȕdē šapnuo2	bȕdēmo šapnuli2	bȕdēte šapnuli2	bȕdū šapnuli2
Past	Perfect	šapnuo sam2	šapnuo si2	šapnuo je2	šapnuli smo2	šapnuli ste2	šapnuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam šapnuo2	bȉo si šapnuo2	bȉo je šapnuo2	bíli smo šapnuli2	bíli ste šapnuli2	bíli su šapnuli2
	Aorist	šapnuh	šapnu	šapnu	šapnusmo	šapnuste	šapnuše
Conditional I		šapnuo bih2	šapnuo bi2	šapnuo bi2	šapnuli bismo2	šapnuli biste2	šapnuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih šapnuo2	bȉo bi šapnuo2	bȉo bi šapnuo2	bíli bismo šapnuli2	bíli biste šapnuli2	bíli bi šapnuli2
Imperative		—	šapni	—	šapnimo	šapnite	—
Active past participle		šapnuo m / šapnula f / šapnulo n			šapnuli m / šapnule f / šapnula 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

• šàptati impf
• šapùtati impf

Further reading

• “šapnuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025