ječati

See also: jecati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęčati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jěːt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: je‧ča‧ti

Verb

jéčati impf (Cyrillic spelling је́чати)

1. (intransitive) to echo, resound

Conjugation

Conjugation of ječati

Infinitive: ječati		Present verbal adverb: jéčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: jéčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ječim	ječiš	ječi	ječimo	ječite	ječe
Future	Future I	ječat ću1 ječaću	ječat ćeš1 ječaćeš	ječat će1 ječaće	ječat ćemo1 ječaćemo	ječat ćete1 ječaćete	ječat će1 ječaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ječao2	bȕdēš ječao2	bȕdē ječao2	bȕdēmo ječali2	bȕdēte ječali2	bȕdū ječali2
Past	Perfect	ječao sam2	ječao si2	ječao je2	ječali smo2	ječali ste2	ječali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ječao2	bȉo si ječao2	bȉo je ječao2	bíli smo ječali2	bíli ste ječali2	bíli su ječali2
	Imperfect	ječah	ječaše	ječaše	ječasmo	ječaste	ječahu
Conditional I		ječao bih2	ječao bi2	ječao bi2	ječali bismo2	ječali biste2	ječali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ječao2	bȉo bi ječao2	bȉo bi ječao2	bíli bismo ječali2	bíli biste ječali2	bíli bi ječali2
Imperative		—	ječi	—	ječimo	ječite	—
Active past participle		ječao m / ječala f / ječalo n			ječali m / ječale f / ječala 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

• jéknuti pf

References

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