pitati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (“to ask, examine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐːtati/
• Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pítati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи́тати)

1. (transitive) to ask
2. (reflexive) to wonder oneself, ask oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of pitati

infinitive		pitati
present verbal adverb		pítajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		pítānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		pitam	pitaš	pita	pitamo	pitate	pitaju
future	future I	pitat ću1 pitaću	pitat ćeš1 pitaćeš	pitat će1 pitaće	pitat ćemo1 pitaćemo	pitat ćete1 pitaćete	pitat ćē1 pitaće
	future II	bȕdēm pitao2	bȕdēš pitao2	bȕdē pitao2	bȕdēmo pitali2	bȕdēte pitali2	bȕdū pitali2
past	perfect	pitao sam2	pitao si2	pitao je2	pitali smo2	pitali ste2	pitali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam pitao2	bȉo si pitao2	bȉo je pitao2	bíli smo pitali2	bíli ste pitali2	bíli su pitali2
	imperfect	pitah	pitaše	pitaše	pitasmo	pitaste	pitahu
conditional	conditional I	pitao bih2	pitao bi2	pitao bi2	pitali bismo2	pitali biste2	pitali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih pitao2	bȉo bi pitao2	bȉo bi pitao2	bíli bismo pitali2	bíli biste pitali2	bíli bi pitali2
imperative		—	pitaj	—	pitajmo	pitajte	—
active past participle		pitao m / pitala f / pitalo n			pitali m / pitale f / pitala n
passive past participle		pitan m / pitana f / pitano n			pitani m / pitane f / pitana 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.

Derived terms

• dopítati
• ispítati
• preispítati
• pripítati
• priupítati
• propítati
• upítati
• zapítati

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pitàti (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîtati/
• Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pȉtati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи̏тати)

1. (transitive) to feed, to nourish

Conjugation

Conjugation of pitati

infinitive		pitati
present verbal adverb		pȉtajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		pȉtānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		pitam	pitaš	pita	pitamo	pitate	pitaju
future	future I	pitat ću1 pitaću	pitat ćeš1 pitaćeš	pitat će1 pitaće	pitat ćemo1 pitaćemo	pitat ćete1 pitaćete	pitat ćē1 pitaće
	future II	bȕdēm pitao2	bȕdēš pitao2	bȕdē pitao2	bȕdēmo pitali2	bȕdēte pitali2	bȕdū pitali2
past	perfect	pitao sam2	pitao si2	pitao je2	pitali smo2	pitali ste2	pitali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam pitao2	bȉo si pitao2	bȉo je pitao2	bíli smo pitali2	bíli ste pitali2	bíli su pitali2
	imperfect	pitah	pitaše	pitaše	pitasmo	pitaste	pitahu
conditional	conditional I	pitao bih2	pitao bi2	pitao bi2	pitali bismo2	pitali biste2	pitali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih pitao2	bȉo bi pitao2	bȉo bi pitao2	bíli bismo pitali2	bíli biste pitali2	bíli bi pitali2
imperative		—	pitaj	—	pitajmo	pitajte	—
active past participle		pitao m / pitala f / pitalo n			pitali m / pitale f / pitala n
passive past participle		pitan m / pitana f / pitano n			pitani m / pitane f / pitana 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.

See also

• hraniti