ojačavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ojačávati impf (Cyrillic spelling ојача́вати)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of ojačavati

Infinitive: ojačavati		Present verbal adverb: ojačávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ojačávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ojačavam	ojačavaš	ojačava	ojačavamo	ojačavate	ojačavaju
Future	Future I	ojačavat ću1 ojačavaću	ojačavat ćeš1 ojačavaćeš	ojačavat će1 ojačavaće	ojačavat ćemo1 ojačavaćemo	ojačavat ćete1 ojačavaćete	ojačavat ćē1 ojačavaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ojačavao2	bȕdēš ojačavao2	bȕdē ojačavao2	bȕdēmo ojačavali2	bȕdēte ojačavali2	bȕdū ojačavali2
Past	Perfect	ojačavao sam2	ojačavao si2	ojačavao je2	ojačavali smo2	ojačavali ste2	ojačavali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ojačavao2	bȉo si ojačavao2	bȉo je ojačavao2	bíli smo ojačavali2	bíli ste ojačavali2	bíli su ojačavali2
	Imperfect	ojačavah	ojačavaše	ojačavaše	ojačavasmo	ojačavaste	ojačavahu
Conditional I		ojačavao bih2	ojačavao bi2	ojačavao bi2	ojačavali bismo2	ojačavali biste2	ojačavali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ojačavao2	bȉo bi ojačavao2	bȉo bi ojačavao2	bíli bismo ojačavali2	bíli biste ojačavali2	bíli bi ojačavali2
Imperative		—	ojačavaj	—	ojačavajmo	ojačavajte	—
Active past participle		ojačavao m / ojačavala f / ojačavalo n			ojačavali m / ojačavale f / ojačavala n
Passive past participle		ojačavan m / ojačavana f / ojačavano n			ojačavani m / ojačavane f / ojačavana 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

• ojàčati pf

Further reading

• “ojačavati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025