okretati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ kretati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /okrěːtati/
Hyphenation: o‧kre‧ta‧ti

Verb

okrétati impf (Cyrillic spelling окре́тати)

(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to turn
(transitive) to change, switch
(transitive) to dial (a number)

Conjugation

Conjugation of okretati

Infinitive: okretati		Present verbal adverb: okréćūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: okrétānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		okrećem	okrećeš	okreće	okrećemo	okrećete	okreću
Future	Future I	okretat ću¹ okretaću	okretat ćeš¹ okretaćeš	okretat će¹ okretaće	okretat ćemo¹ okretaćemo	okretat ćete¹ okretaćete	okretat će¹ okretaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm okretao²	bȕdēš okretao²	bȕdē okretao²	bȕdēmo okretali²	bȕdēte okretali²	bȕdū okretali²
Past	Perfect	okretao sam²	okretao si²	okretao je²	okretali smo²	okretali ste²	okretali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam okretao²	bȉo si okretao²	bȉo je okretao²	bíli smo okretali²	bíli ste okretali²	bíli su okretali²
	Imperfect	okretah	okretaše	okretaše	okretasmo	okretaste	okretahu
Conditional I		okretao bih²	okretao bi²	okretao bi²	okretali bismo²	okretali biste²	okretali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih okretao²	bȉo bi okretao²	bȉo bi okretao²	bíli bismo okretali²	bíli biste okretali²	bíli bi okretali²
Imperative		—	okreći	—	okrećimo	okrećite	—
Active past participle		okretao m / okretala f / okretalo n			okretali m / okretale f / okretala n
Passive past participle		okretan m / okretana f / okretano n			okretani m / okretane f / okretana 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

okrénuti pf

References

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