brbljati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic, compare Slovene brbljati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bř̩bʎati/
• Hyphenation: br‧blja‧ti

Verb

br̀bljati impf (Cyrillic spelling бр̀бљати)

1. (intransitive) to chatter, babble

Conjugation

Conjugation of brbljati

Infinitive: brbljati		Present verbal adverb: br̀bljajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: br̀bljānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brbljam	brbljaš	brblja	brbljamo	brbljate	brbljaju
Future	Future I	brbljat ću1 brbljaću	brbljat ćeš1 brbljaćeš	brbljat će1 brbljaće	brbljat ćemo1 brbljaćemo	brbljat ćete1 brbljaćete	brbljat će1 brbljaće
	Future II	bȕdēm brbljao2	bȕdēš brbljao2	bȕdē brbljao2	bȕdēmo brbljali2	bȕdēte brbljali2	bȕdū brbljali2
Past	Perfect	brbljao sam2	brbljao si2	brbljao je2	brbljali smo2	brbljali ste2	brbljali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam brbljao2	bȉo si brbljao2	bȉo je brbljao2	bíli smo brbljali2	bíli ste brbljali2	bíli su brbljali2
	Imperfect	brbljah	brbljaše	brbljaše	brbljasmo	brbljaste	brbljahu
Conditional I		brbljao bih2	brbljao bi2	brbljao bi2	brbljali bismo2	brbljali biste2	brbljali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih brbljao2	bȉo bi brbljao2	bȉo bi brbljao2	bíli bismo brbljali2	bíli biste brbljali2	bíli bi brbljali2
Imperative		—	brbljaj	—	brbljajmo	brbljajte	—
Active past participle		brbljao m / brbljala f / brbljalo n			brbljali m / brbljale f / brbljala 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.

Derived terms

• izbr̀bljati
• nàbrbljati