šmrkati
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smъrkati. By surface analysis, šmrk + -ati.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]šmŕkati impf (Cyrillic spelling шмр́кати)
- (transitive) to sniff, snuff, snuffle
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of šmrkati
| Infinitive: šmrkati | Present verbal adverb: šmŕčūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: šmŕkānje | ||||
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| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | šmrčem | šmrčeš | šmrče | šmrčemo | šmrčete | šmrču | |
| Future | Future I | šmrkat ću1 šmrkaću |
šmrkat ćeš1 šmrkaćeš |
šmrkat će1 šmrkaće |
šmrkat ćemo1 šmrkaćemo |
šmrkat ćete1 šmrkaćete |
šmrkat će1 šmrkaće |
| Future II | bȕdēm šmrkao2 | bȕdēš šmrkao2 | bȕdē šmrkao2 | bȕdēmo šmrkali2 | bȕdēte šmrkali2 | bȕdū šmrkali2 | |
| Past | Perfect | šmrkao sam2 | šmrkao si2 | šmrkao je2 | šmrkali smo2 | šmrkali ste2 | šmrkali su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam šmrkao2 | bȉo si šmrkao2 | bȉo je šmrkao2 | bíli smo šmrkali2 | bíli ste šmrkali2 | bíli su šmrkali2 | |
| Imperfect | šmrkah | šmrkaše | šmrkaše | šmrkasmo | šmrkaste | šmrkahu | |
| Conditional I | šmrkao bih2 | šmrkao bi2 | šmrkao bi2 | šmrkali bismo2 | šmrkali biste2 | šmrkali bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih šmrkao2 | bȉo bi šmrkao2 | bȉo bi šmrkao2 | bíli bismo šmrkali2 | bíli biste šmrkali2 | bíli bi šmrkali2 | |
| Imperative | — | šmrči | — | šmrčimo | šmrčite | — | |
| Active past participle | šmrkao m / šmrkala f / šmrkalo n | šmrkali m / šmrkale f / šmrkala 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.
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Related terms
[edit]- šmŕknuti pf
Further reading
[edit]- “šmrkati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024