gakati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

gȁktati

Etymology

From onomatopoeic gȃ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡǎːkati/
Hyphenation: ga‧ka‧ti

Verb

gákati impf (Cyrillic spelling га́кати)

(intransitive) to quack, cackle (of geese)
(intransitive) to caw (of crows)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gakati

Infinitive: gakati		Present verbal adverb: gáčūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: gákānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		gačem	gačeš	gače	gačemo	gačete	gaču
Future	Future I	gakat ću¹ gakaću	gakat ćeš¹ gakaćeš	gakat će¹ gakaće	gakat ćemo¹ gakaćemo	gakat ćete¹ gakaćete	gakat će¹ gakaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm gakao²	bȕdēš gakao²	bȕdē gakao²	bȕdēmo gakali²	bȕdēte gakali²	bȕdū gakali²
Past	Perfect	gakao sam²	gakao si²	gakao je²	gakali smo²	gakali ste²	gakali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam gakao²	bȉo si gakao²	bȉo je gakao²	bíli smo gakali²	bíli ste gakali²	bíli su gakali²
	Imperfect	gakah	gakaše	gakaše	gakasmo	gakaste	gakahu
Conditional I		gakao bih²	gakao bi²	gakao bi²	gakali bismo²	gakali biste²	gakali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih gakao²	bȉo bi gakao²	bȉo bi gakao²	bíli bismo gakali²	bíli biste gakali²	bíli bi gakali²
Imperative		—	gači	—	gačimo	gačite	—
Active past participle		gakao m / gakala f / gakalo n			gakali m / gakale f / gakala 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

gáknuti impf