ludovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From lȗd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ludǒʋati/
• Hyphenation: lu‧do‧va‧ti

Verb

ludòvati impf (Cyrillic spelling лудо̀вати)

1. (intransitive) to romp, behave foolishly

   ludovati za nekim/nečim ― to be crazy about somebody/something

Conjugation

Conjugation of ludovati

Infinitive: ludovati		Present verbal adverb: lùdujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ludòvānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ludujem	luduješ	luduje	ludujemo	ludujete	luduju
Future	Future I	ludovat ću1 ludovaću	ludovat ćeš1 ludovaćeš	ludovat će1 ludovaće	ludovat ćemo1 ludovaćemo	ludovat ćete1 ludovaćete	ludovat će1 ludovaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ludovao2	bȕdēš ludovao2	bȕdē ludovao2	bȕdēmo ludovali2	bȕdēte ludovali2	bȕdū ludovali2
Past	Perfect	ludovao sam2	ludovao si2	ludovao je2	ludovali smo2	ludovali ste2	ludovali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ludovao2	bȉo si ludovao2	bȉo je ludovao2	bíli smo ludovali2	bíli ste ludovali2	bíli su ludovali2
	Imperfect	ludovah	ludovaše	ludovaše	ludovasmo	ludovaste	ludovahu
Conditional I		ludovao bih2	ludovao bi2	ludovao bi2	ludovali bismo2	ludovali biste2	ludovali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ludovao2	bȉo bi ludovao2	bȉo bi ludovao2	bíli bismo ludovali2	bíli biste ludovali2	bíli bi ludovali2
Imperative		—	luduj	—	ludujmo	ludujte	—
Active past participle		ludovao m / ludovala f / ludovalo n			ludovali m / ludovale f / ludovala 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

• “ludovati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024