hvatati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvatati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xʋâtati/
Hyphenation: hva‧ta‧ti

Verb

hvȁtati impf (Cyrillic spelling хва̏тати)

(transitive) to grab, seize, take hold of
(transitive) to catch
hvatati ribe ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(intransitive) to overcome, trike

Conjugation

Conjugation of *hvatati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		hvatati
present verbal adverb		hvȁtajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		hvȁtānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		hvatam	hvataš	hvata	hvatamo	hvatate	hvataju
future	future I	hvatat ću¹ hvataću	hvatat ćeš¹ hvataćeš	hvatat će¹ hvataće	hvatat ćemo¹ hvataćemo	hvatat ćete¹ hvataćete	hvatat ćē¹ hvataće
future	future II	bȕdēm hvatao²	bȕdēš hvatao²	bȕdē hvatao²	bȕdēmo hvatali²	bȕdēte hvatali²	bȕdū hvatali²
past	perfect	hvatao sam²	hvatao si²	hvatao je²	hvatali smo²	hvatali ste²	hvatali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam hvatao²	bȉo si hvatao²	bȉo je hvatao²	bíli smo hvatali²	bíli ste hvatali²	bíli su hvatali²
	imperfect	hvatah	hvataše	hvataše	hvatasmo	hvataste	hvatahu
conditional	conditional I	hvatao bih²	hvatao bi²	hvatao bi²	hvatali bismo²	hvatali biste²	hvatali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih hvatao²	bȉo bi hvatao²	bȉo bi hvatao²	bíli bismo hvatali²	bíli biste hvatali²	bíli bi hvatali²
imperative		—	hvataj	—	hvatajmo	hvatajte	—
active past participle		hvatao m / hvatala f / hvatalo n			hvatali m / hvatale f / hvatala n
passive past participle		hvatan m / hvatana f / hvatano n			hvatani m / hvatane f / hvatana 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.