koturati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koturati. First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kotǔrati/
• Hyphenation: ko‧tu‧ra‧ti

Verb

kotùrati impf (Cyrillic spelling коту̀рати)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to roll, trundle

Conjugation

Conjugation of koturati

Infinitive: koturati		Present verbal adverb: kotùrajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kotùrānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		koturam	koturaš	kotura	koturamo	koturate	koturaju
Future	Future I	koturat ću1 koturaću	koturat ćeš1 koturaćeš	koturat će1 koturaće	koturat ćemo1 koturaćemo	koturat ćete1 koturaćete	koturat će1 koturaće
	Future II	bȕdēm koturao2	bȕdēš koturao2	bȕdē koturao2	bȕdēmo koturali2	bȕdēte koturali2	bȕdū koturali2
Past	Perfect	koturao sam2	koturao si2	koturao je2	koturali smo2	koturali ste2	koturali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam koturao2	bȉo si koturao2	bȉo je koturao2	bíli smo koturali2	bíli ste koturali2	bíli su koturali2
	Imperfect	koturah	koturaše	koturaše	koturasmo	koturaste	koturahu
Conditional I		koturao bih2	koturao bi2	koturao bi2	koturali bismo2	koturali biste2	koturali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih koturao2	bȉo bi koturao2	bȉo bi koturao2	bíli bismo koturali2	bíli biste koturali2	bíli bi koturali2
Imperative		—	koturaj	—	koturajmo	koturajte	—
Active past participle		koturao m / koturala f / koturalo n			koturali m / koturale f / koturala n
Passive past participle		koturan m / koturana f / koturano n			koturani m / koturane f / koturana 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

• kotúrnuti pf
• kotúr m

Further reading

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