preferirati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin praeferre +‎ -irati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preferǐːrati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧ri‧ra‧ti

Verb

preferírati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling префери́рати)

1. (transitive) to prefer

Conjugation

Conjugation of preferirati

Infinitive: preferirati		Present verbal adverb: preferírajūći		Past verbal adverb: preferírāvši		Verbal noun: preferírānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		preferiram	preferiraš	preferira	preferiramo	preferirate	preferiraju
Future	Future I	preferirat ću1 preferiraću	preferirat ćeš1 preferiraćeš	preferirat će1 preferiraće	preferirat ćemo1 preferiraćemo	preferirat ćete1 preferiraćete	preferirat će1 preferiraće
	Future II	bȕdēm preferirao2	bȕdēš preferirao2	bȕdē preferirao2	bȕdēmo preferirali2	bȕdēte preferirali2	bȕdū preferirali2
Past	Perfect	preferirao sam2	preferirao si2	preferirao je2	preferirali smo2	preferirali ste2	preferirali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam preferirao2	bȉo si preferirao2	bȉo je preferirao2	bíli smo preferirali2	bíli ste preferirali2	bíli su preferirali2
	Aorist	preferirah	preferira	preferira	preferirasmo	preferiraste	preferiraše
	Imperfect	preferirah	preferiraše	preferiraše	preferirasmo	preferiraste	preferirahu
Conditional I		preferirao bih2	preferirao bi2	preferirao bi2	preferirali bismo2	preferirali biste2	preferirali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih preferirao2	bȉo bi preferirao2	bȉo bi preferirao2	bíli bismo preferirali2	bíli biste preferirali2	bíli bi preferirali2
Imperative		—	preferiraj	—	preferirajmo	preferirajte	—
Active past participle		preferirao m / preferirala f / preferiralo n			preferirali m / preferirale f / preferirala n
Passive past participle		preferiran m / preferirana f / preferirano n			preferirani m / preferirane f / preferirana 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.

References

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