bajati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâjati/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ja‧ti

Verb

bȁjati impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̏јати)

1. (intransitive) to tell fortunes
2. (intransitive) to practice sorcery

Conjugation

Conjugation of bajati

Infinitive: bajati		Present verbal adverb: bȁjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bȁjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bajem	baješ	baje	bajemo	bajete	baju
Future	Future I	bajat ću1 bajaću	bajat ćeš1 bajaćeš	bajat će1 bajaće	bajat ćemo1 bajaćemo	bajat ćete1 bajaćete	bajat će1 bajaće
	Future II	bȕdēm bajao2	bȕdēš bajao2	bȕdē bajao2	bȕdēmo bajali2	bȕdēte bajali2	bȕdū bajali2
Past	Perfect	bajao sam2	bajao si2	bajao je2	bajali smo2	bajali ste2	bajali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bajao2	bȉo si bajao2	bȉo je bajao2	bíli smo bajali2	bíli ste bajali2	bíli su bajali2
	Imperfect	bajah	bajaše	bajaše	bajasmo	bajaste	bajahu
Conditional I		bajao bih2	bajao bi2	bajao bi2	bajali bismo2	bajali biste2	bajali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bajao2	bȉo bi bajao2	bȉo bi bajao2	bíli bismo bajali2	bíli biste bajali2	bíli bi bajali2
Imperative		—	baj	—	bajmo	bajte	—
Active past participle		bajao m / bajala f / bajalo n			bajali m / bajale f / bajala n
Passive past participle		bajan m / bajana f / bajano n			bajani m / bajane f / bajana 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.

References

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