ручати

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔːt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: ру‧ча‧ти

Verb

ру́чати impf or pf (Latin spelling rúčati)

1. (intransitive) to dine, have dinner/lunch (midday meal)
2. (transitive) to eat for dinner/lunch (midday meal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ручати

Infinitive: ручати		Present verbal adverb: ру́чајӯћи		Past verbal adverb: ручавши		Verbal noun: ру́ча̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		ручам	ручаш	руча	ручамо	ручате	ручају
Future	Future I	ручат ћу1 ручаћу	ручат ћеш1 ручаћеш	ручат ће1 ручаће	ручат ћемо1 ручаћемо	ручат ћете1 ручаћете	ручат ће1 ручаће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м ручао2	бу̏де̄ш ручао2	бу̏де̄ ручао2	бу̏де̄мо ручали2	бу̏де̄те ручали2	бу̏дӯ ручали2
Past	Perfect	ручао сам2	ручао си2	ручао је2	ручали смо2	ручали сте2	ручали су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам ручао2	би̏о си ручао2	би̏о је ручао2	би́ли смо ручали2	би́ли сте ручали2	би́ли су ручали2
	Aorist	ручах	руча	руча	ручасмо	ручасте	ручаше
	Imperfect	ручах	ручаше	ручаше	ручасмо	ручасте	ручаху
Conditional I		ручао бих2	ручао би2	ручао би2	ручали бисмо2	ручали бисте2	ручали би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих ручао2	би̏о би ручао2	би̏о би ручао2	би́ли бисмо ручали2	би́ли бисте ручали2	би́ли би ручали2
Imperative		—	ручај	—	ручајмо	ручајте	—
Active past participle		ручао m / ручала f / ручало n			ручали m / ручале f / ручала n
Passive past participle		ручан m / ручана f / ручано n			ручани m / ручане f / ручана 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.

Further reading

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