ojačati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ jàčati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ojǎt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: o‧ja‧ča‧ti

Verb

ojàčati pf (Cyrillic spelling оја̀чати)

1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to strengthen (to make strong or stronger, grow strong or stronger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ojačati

Infinitive: ojačati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ojàčāvši		Verbal noun: ojačánje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ojačam	ojačaš	ojača	ojačamo	ojačate	ojačaju
Future	Future I	ojačat ću1 ojačaću	ojačat ćeš1 ojačaćeš	ojačat će1 ojačaće	ojačat ćemo1 ojačaćemo	ojačat ćete1 ojačaćete	ojačat će1 ojačaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ojačao2	bȕdēš ojačao2	bȕdē ojačao2	bȕdēmo ojačali2	bȕdēte ojačali2	bȕdū ojačali2
Past	Perfect	ojačao sam2	ojačao si2	ojačao je2	ojačali smo2	ojačali ste2	ojačali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ojačao2	bȉo si ojačao2	bȉo je ojačao2	bíli smo ojačali2	bíli ste ojačali2	bíli su ojačali2
	Aorist	ojačah	ojača	ojača	ojačasmo	ojačaste	ojačaše
Conditional I		ojačao bih2	ojačao bi2	ojačao bi2	ojačali bismo2	ojačali biste2	ojačali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ojačao2	bȉo bi ojačao2	bȉo bi ojačao2	bíli bismo ojačali2	bíli biste ojačali2	bíli bi ojačali2
Imperative		—	ojačaj	—	ojačajmo	ojačajte	—
Active past participle		ojačao m / ojačala f / ojačalo n			ojačali m / ojačale f / ojačala n
Passive past participle		ojačan m / ojačana f / ojačano n			ojačani m / ojačane f / ojačana 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

• ojačávati impf

Further reading

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