šaputati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃapǔtati/
• Hyphenation: ša‧pu‧ta‧ti

Verb

šapùtati impf (Cyrillic spelling шапу̀тати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to whisper

Conjugation

Conjugation of šaputati

Infinitive: šaputati		Present verbal adverb: šàpućūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šapùtānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šapućem	šapućeš	šapuće	šapućemo	šapućete	šapuću
Future	Future I	šaputat ću1 šaputaću	šaputat ćeš1 šaputaćeš	šaputat će1 šaputaće	šaputat ćemo1 šaputaćemo	šaputat ćete1 šaputaćete	šaputat će1 šaputaće
	Future II	bȕdēm šaputao2	bȕdēš šaputao2	bȕdē šaputao2	bȕdēmo šaputali2	bȕdēte šaputali2	bȕdū šaputali2
Past	Perfect	šaputao sam2	šaputao si2	šaputao je2	šaputali smo2	šaputali ste2	šaputali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam šaputao2	bȉo si šaputao2	bȉo je šaputao2	bíli smo šaputali2	bíli ste šaputali2	bíli su šaputali2
	Imperfect	šaputah	šaputaše	šaputaše	šaputasmo	šaputaste	šaputahu
Conditional I		šaputao bih2	šaputao bi2	šaputao bi2	šaputali bismo2	šaputali biste2	šaputali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih šaputao2	bȉo bi šaputao2	bȉo bi šaputao2	bíli bismo šaputali2	bíli biste šaputali2	bíli bi šaputali2
Imperative		—	šapući	—	šapućimo	šapućite	—
Active past participle		šaputao m / šaputala f / šaputalo n			šaputali m / šaputale f / šaputala 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

• šàpnuti pf
• šàptati impf

Further reading

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