preoteti
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]preòtēti pf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀те̄ти)
- (transitive) to kidnap back, to take back what was kidnapped from oneself.
- (transitive) to hijack (forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of preoteti
| Infinitive: preoteti | Present verbal adverb: — | Past verbal adverb: preòtēvši | Verbal noun: — | ||||
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| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | preotmem | preotmeš | preotme | preotmemo | preotmete | preotmu | |
| Future | Future I | preotet ću1 preoteću |
preotet ćeš1 preotećeš |
preotet će1 preoteće |
preotet ćemo1 preotećemo |
preotet ćete1 preotećete |
preotet će1 preoteće |
| Future II | bȕdēm preoteo2 | bȕdēš preoteo2 | bȕdē preoteo2 | bȕdēmo preoteli2 | bȕdēte preoteli2 | bȕdū preoteli2 | |
| Past | Perfect | preoteo sam2 | preoteo si2 | preoteo je2 | preoteli smo2 | preoteli ste2 | preoteli su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam preoteo2 | bȉo si preoteo2 | bȉo je preoteo2 | bíli smo preoteli2 | bíli ste preoteli2 | bíli su preoteli2 | |
| Aorist | preoteh | preote | preote | preotesmo | preoteste | preoteše | |
| Conditional I | preoteo bih2 | preoteo bi2 | preoteo bi2 | preoteli bismo2 | preoteli biste2 | preoteli bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih preoteo2 | bȉo bi preoteo2 | bȉo bi preoteo2 | bíli bismo preoteli2 | bíli biste preoteli2 | bíli bi preoteli2 | |
| Imperative | — | preotmi | — | preotmimo | preotmite | — | |
| Active past participle | preoteo m / preotela f / preotelo n | preoteli m / preotele f / preotela n | |||||
| Passive past participle | preotet m / preoteta f / preoteto n | preoteti m / preotete f / preoteta 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.
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Related terms
[edit]- preòtimati impf
Further reading
[edit]- “preoteti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024