prekopavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prekopǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: pre‧ko‧pa‧va‧ti

Verb

prekopávati impf (Cyrillic spelling прекопа́вати)

(transitive) to dig up (all over, across), to turn over the ground, to hove over
(transitive, figuratively) to ransack, rake up, rummage

Conjugation

Conjugation of prekopavati

Infinitive: prekopavati		Present verbal adverb: prekopávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prekopávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prekopavam	prekopavaš	prekopava	prekopavamo	prekopavate	prekopavaju
Future	Future I	prekopavat ću¹ prekopavaću	prekopavat ćeš¹ prekopavaćeš	prekopavat će¹ prekopavaće	prekopavat ćemo¹ prekopavaćemo	prekopavat ćete¹ prekopavaćete	prekopavat će¹ prekopavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm prekopavao²	bȕdēš prekopavao²	bȕdē prekopavao²	bȕdēmo prekopavali²	bȕdēte prekopavali²	bȕdū prekopavali²
Past	Perfect	prekopavao sam²	prekopavao si²	prekopavao je²	prekopavali smo²	prekopavali ste²	prekopavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam prekopavao²	bȉo si prekopavao²	bȉo je prekopavao²	bíli smo prekopavali²	bíli ste prekopavali²	bíli su prekopavali²
	Imperfect	prekopavah	prekopavaše	prekopavaše	prekopavasmo	prekopavaste	prekopavahu
Conditional I		prekopavao bih²	prekopavao bi²	prekopavao bi²	prekopavali bismo²	prekopavali biste²	prekopavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih prekopavao²	bȉo bi prekopavao²	bȉo bi prekopavao²	bíli bismo prekopavali²	bíli biste prekopavali²	bíli bi prekopavali²
Imperative		—	prekopavaj	—	prekopavajmo	prekopavajte	—
Active past participle		prekopavao m / prekopavala f / prekopavalo n			prekopavali m / prekopavale f / prekopavala n
Passive past participle		prekopavan m / prekopavana f / prekopavano n			prekopavani m / prekopavane f / prekopavana 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

prekòpati pf