чучати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǔːt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: чу‧ча‧ти

Verb

чу́чати impf (Latin spelling čúčati)

1. (intransitive) to squat
2. (intransitive) to crouch
3. (intransitive, derogatory, ironically) to loiter

Conjugation

Conjugation of чучати

Infinitive: чучати		Present verbal adverb: чу́че̄ћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: чу́ча̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		чучим	чучиш	чучи	чучимо	чучите	чуче
Future	Future I	чучат ћу1 чучаћу	чучат ћеш1 чучаћеш	чучат ће1 чучаће	чучат ћемо1 чучаћемо	чучат ћете1 чучаћете	чучат ће1 чучаће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м чучао2	бу̏де̄ш чучао2	бу̏де̄ чучао2	бу̏де̄мо чучали2	бу̏де̄те чучали2	бу̏дӯ чучали2
Past	Perfect	чучао сам2	чучао си2	чучао је2	чучали смо2	чучали сте2	чучали су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам чучао2	би̏о си чучао2	би̏о је чучао2	би́ли смо чучали2	би́ли сте чучали2	би́ли су чучали2
	Imperfect	чучах	чучаше	чучаше	чучасмо	чучасте	чучаху
Conditional I		чучао бих2	чучао би2	чучао би2	чучали бисмо2	чучали бисте2	чучали би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих чучао2	би̏о би чучао2	би̏о би чучао2	би́ли бисмо чучали2	би́ли бисте чучали2	би́ли би чучали2
Imperative		—	чучи	—	чучимо	чучите	—
Active past participle		чучао m / чучала f / чучало n			чучали m / чучале f / чучала 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

• чу̏чнути

References

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