predavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdavati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /predǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: pre‧da‧va‧ti

Verb

predávati impf (Cyrillic spelling преда́вати)

(transitive) to lecture on, teach
(transitive) to deliver, hand over (package, letter, evidence etc.)
(transitive, reflexive) to surrender, give up
(reflexive) to devote oneself to
(reflexive) to submit, yield, acquiesce

Conjugation

Conjugation of predavati

Infinitive: predavati		Present verbal adverb: prèdājūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: predávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		predajem	predaješ	predaje	predajemo	predajete	predaju
Future	Future I	predavat ću¹ predavaću	predavat ćeš¹ predavaćeš	predavat će¹ predavaće	predavat ćemo¹ predavaćemo	predavat ćete¹ predavaćete	predavat će¹ predavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm predavao²	bȕdēš predavao²	bȕdē predavao²	bȕdēmo predavali²	bȕdēte predavali²	bȕdū predavali²
Past	Perfect	predavao sam²	predavao si²	predavao je²	predavali smo²	predavali ste²	predavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam predavao²	bȉo si predavao²	bȉo je predavao²	bíli smo predavali²	bíli ste predavali²	bíli su predavali²
	Imperfect	predavah	predavaše	predavaše	predavasmo	predavaste	predavahu
Conditional I		predavao bih²	predavao bi²	predavao bi²	predavali bismo²	predavali biste²	predavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih predavao²	bȉo bi predavao²	bȉo bi predavao²	bíli bismo predavali²	bíli biste predavali²	bíli bi predavali²
Imperative		—	predaj	—	predajmo	predajte	—
Active past participle		predavao m / predavala f / predavalo n			predavali m / predavale f / predavala n
Passive past participle		predavan m / predavana f / predavano n			predavani m / predavane f / predavana 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

prèdati pf
predavanje pf

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