dočekati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From do- +‎ čekati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dǒt͡ʃekati/
Hyphenation: do‧če‧ka‧ti

Verb

dòčekati pf (Cyrillic spelling до̀чекати)

(transitive) to welcome, receive, greet
(transitive) to wait for/until (something specified)
(reflexive) to land, fall safely (on one's feet, of a person or animal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dočekati

Infinitive: dočekati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: dòčekāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		dočekam	dočekaš	dočeka	dočekamo	dočekate	dočekaju
Future	Future I	dočekat ću¹ dočekaću	dočekat ćeš¹ dočekaćeš	dočekat će¹ dočekaće	dočekat ćemo¹ dočekaćemo	dočekat ćete¹ dočekaćete	dočekat će¹ dočekaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm dočekao²	bȕdēš dočekao²	bȕdē dočekao²	bȕdēmo dočekali²	bȕdēte dočekali²	bȕdū dočekali²
Past	Perfect	dočekao sam²	dočekao si²	dočekao je²	dočekali smo²	dočekali ste²	dočekali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam dočekao²	bȉo si dočekao²	bȉo je dočekao²	bíli smo dočekali²	bíli ste dočekali²	bíli su dočekali²
	Aorist	dočekah	dočeka	dočeka	dočekasmo	dočekaste	dočekaše
Conditional I		dočekao bih²	dočekao bi²	dočekao bi²	dočekali bismo²	dočekali biste²	dočekali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih dočekao²	bȉo bi dočekao²	bȉo bi dočekao²	bíli bismo dočekali²	bíli biste dočekali²	bíli bi dočekali²
Imperative		—	dočekaj	—	dočekajmo	dočekajte	—
Active past participle		dočekao m / dočekala f / dočekalo n			dočekali m / dočekale f / dočekala n
Passive past participle		dočekan m / dočekana f / dočekano n			dočekani m / dočekane f / dočekana 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

dočekívati impf