petljati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pětʎati/
Hyphenation: pet‧lja‧ti

Verb

pètljati impf (Cyrillic spelling пѐтљати)

(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to decide
to make loops, to tangle
1. to plot
2. to talk in a roundabout way, to circle around, to lie
3. to stammer, stutter
4. to do clumsily, to fumble
to get involved, get involved (in), become embroiled in
(reflexive) to whirl, spin
1. to mess around, fiddle with, fumble

Conjugation

Conjugation of petljati

Infinitive: petljati		Present verbal adverb: pètljajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pètljučānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		petljam	petljaš	petlja	petljamo	petljate	petljaju
Future	Future I	petljat ću¹ petljaću	petljat ćeš¹ petljaćeš	petljat će¹ petljaće	petljat ćemo¹ petljaćemo	petljat ćete¹ petljaćete	petljat će¹ petljaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm petljao²	bȕdēš petljao²	bȕdē petljao²	bȕdēmo petljali²	bȕdēte petljali²	bȕdū petljali²
Past	Perfect	petljao sam²	petljao si²	petljao je²	petljali smo²	petljali ste²	petljali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam petljao²	bȉo si petljao²	bȉo je petljao²	bíli smo petljali²	bíli ste petljali²	bíli su petljali²
	Imperfect	petljah	petljaše	petljaše	petljasmo	petljaste	petljahu
Conditional I		petljao bih²	petljao bi²	petljao bi²	petljali bismo²	petljali biste²	petljali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih petljao²	bȉo bi petljao²	bȉo bi petljao²	bíli bismo petljali²	bíli biste petljali²	bíli bi petljali²
Imperative		—	petljaj	—	petljajmo	petljajte	—
Active past participle		petljao m / petljala f / petljalo n			petljali m / petljale f / petljala 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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References

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