mekšati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /měkʃati/
Hyphenation: mek‧ša‧ti

Verb

mèkšati impf (Cyrillic spelling мѐкшати)

(transitive) to soften, mellow, mollify

Conjugation

Conjugation of mekšati

Infinitive: mekšati		Present verbal adverb: mèkšajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: mèkšānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		mekšam	mekšaš	mekša	mekšamo	mekšate	mekšaju
Future	Future I	mekšat ću¹ mekšaću	mekšat ćeš¹ mekšaćeš	mekšat će¹ mekšaće	mekšat ćemo¹ mekšaćemo	mekšat ćete¹ mekšaćete	mekšat će¹ mekšaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm mekšao²	bȕdēš mekšao²	bȕdē mekšao²	bȕdēmo mekšali²	bȕdēte mekšali²	bȕdū mekšali²
Past	Perfect	mekšao sam²	mekšao si²	mekšao je²	mekšali smo²	mekšali ste²	mekšali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam mekšao²	bȉo si mekšao²	bȉo je mekšao²	bíli smo mekšali²	bíli ste mekšali²	bíli su mekšali²
	Imperfect	mekšah	mekšaše	mekšaše	mekšasmo	mekšaste	mekšahu
Conditional I		mekšao bih²	mekšao bi²	mekšao bi²	mekšali bismo²	mekšali biste²	mekšali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih mekšao²	bȉo bi mekšao²	bȉo bi mekšao²	bíli bismo mekšali²	bíli biste mekšali²	bíli bi mekšali²
Imperative		—	mekšaj	—	mekšajmo	mekšajte	—
Active past participle		mekšao m / mekšala f / mekšalo n			mekšali m / mekšale f / mekšala n
Passive past participle		mekšan m / mekšana f / mekšano n			mekšani m / mekšane f / mekšana 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.

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