krivuljati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From krȋv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriʋǔʎati/
• Hyphenation: kri‧vu‧lja‧ti

Verb

krivùljati impf (Cyrillic spelling криву̀љати)

1. (intransitive, expressively) to twist, wind, wriggle, meander

Conjugation

Conjugation of krivuljati

Infinitive: krivuljati		Present verbal adverb: krivùljajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: krivùljānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		krivuljam	krivuljaš	krivulja	krivuljamo	krivuljate	krivuljaju
Future	Future I	krivuljat ću1 krivuljaću	krivuljat ćeš1 krivuljaćeš	krivuljat će1 krivuljaće	krivuljat ćemo1 krivuljaćemo	krivuljat ćete1 krivuljaćete	krivuljat će1 krivuljaće
	Future II	bȕdēm krivuljao2	bȕdēš krivuljao2	bȕdē krivuljao2	bȕdēmo krivuljali2	bȕdēte krivuljali2	bȕdū krivuljali2
Past	Perfect	krivuljao sam2	krivuljao si2	krivuljao je2	krivuljali smo2	krivuljali ste2	krivuljali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam krivuljao2	bȉo si krivuljao2	bȉo je krivuljao2	bíli smo krivuljali2	bíli ste krivuljali2	bíli su krivuljali2
	Imperfect	krivuljah	krivuljaše	krivuljaše	krivuljasmo	krivuljaste	krivuljahu
Conditional I		krivuljao bih2	krivuljao bi2	krivuljao bi2	krivuljali bismo2	krivuljali biste2	krivuljali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih krivuljao2	bȉo bi krivuljao2	bȉo bi krivuljao2	bíli bismo krivuljali2	bíli biste krivuljali2	bíli bi krivuljali2
Imperative		—	krivuljaj	—	krivuljajmo	krivuljajte	—
Active past participle		krivuljao m / krivuljala f / krivuljalo n			krivuljali m / krivuljale f / krivuljala 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.

References

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