kajati
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kajati.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kȁjati impf (Cyrillic spelling ка̏јати)
- (reflexive) to repent, regret, be sorry for
- Synonym: (Croatia) boliti
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of kajati
| Infinitive: kajati | Present verbal adverb: kȁjūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: kȁjānje | ||||
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| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | kajem | kaješ | kaje | kajemo | kajete | kaju | |
| Future | Future I | kajat ću1 kajaću |
kajat ćeš1 kajaćeš |
kajat će1 kajaće |
kajat ćemo1 kajaćemo |
kajat ćete1 kajaćete |
kajat će1 kajaće |
| Future II | bȕdēm kajao2 | bȕdēš kajao2 | bȕdē kajao2 | bȕdēmo kajali2 | bȕdēte kajali2 | bȕdū kajali2 | |
| Past | Perfect | kajao sam2 | kajao si2 | kajao je2 | kajali smo2 | kajali ste2 | kajali su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam kajao2 | bȉo si kajao2 | bȉo je kajao2 | bíli smo kajali2 | bíli ste kajali2 | bíli su kajali2 | |
| Imperfect | kajah | kajaše | kajaše | kajasmo | kajaste | kajahu | |
| Conditional I | kajao bih2 | kajao bi2 | kajao bi2 | kajali bismo2 | kajali biste2 | kajali bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih kajao2 | bȉo bi kajao2 | bȉo bi kajao2 | bíli bismo kajali2 | bíli biste kajali2 | bíli bi kajali2 | |
| Imperative | — | kaj | — | kajmo | kajte | — | |
| Active past participle | kajao m / kajala f / kajalo n | kajali m / kajale f / kajala 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.
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Further reading
[edit]- “kajati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024