ovenčati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

ovjènčati (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oʋěnt͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: o‧ven‧ča‧ti

Verb

ovènčati pf (Cyrillic spelling овѐнчати)

(transitive, reflexive) to wreath, crown

Conjugation

Conjugation of ovenčati

Infinitive: ovenčati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ovènčāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ovenčam	ovenčaš	ovenča	ovenčamo	ovenčate	ovenčaju
Future	Future I	ovenčat ću¹ ovenčaću	ovenčat ćeš¹ ovenčaćeš	ovenčat će¹ ovenčaće	ovenčat ćemo¹ ovenčaćemo	ovenčat ćete¹ ovenčaćete	ovenčat će¹ ovenčaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm ovenčao²	bȕdēš ovenčao²	bȕdē ovenčao²	bȕdēmo ovenčali²	bȕdēte ovenčali²	bȕdū ovenčali²
Past	Perfect	ovenčao sam²	ovenčao si²	ovenčao je²	ovenčali smo²	ovenčali ste²	ovenčali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam ovenčao²	bȉo si ovenčao²	bȉo je ovenčao²	bíli smo ovenčali²	bíli ste ovenčali²	bíli su ovenčali²
	Aorist	ovenčah	ovenča	ovenča	ovenčasmo	ovenčaste	ovenčaše
Conditional I		ovenčao bih²	ovenčao bi²	ovenčao bi²	ovenčali bismo²	ovenčali biste²	ovenčali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih ovenčao²	bȉo bi ovenčao²	bȉo bi ovenčao²	bíli bismo ovenčali²	bíli biste ovenčali²	bíli bi ovenčali²
Imperative		—	ovenčaj	—	ovenčajmo	ovenčajte	—
Active past participle		ovenčao m / ovenčala f / ovenčalo n			ovenčali m / ovenčale f / ovenčala n
Passive past participle		ovenčan m / ovenčana f / ovenčano n			ovenčani m / ovenčane f / ovenčana 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

ovenčávati impf