pripovedati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

pripovijédati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pripovědati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pripoʋěːdati/
Hyphenation: pri‧po‧ve‧da‧ti

Verb

pripovédati impf (Cyrillic spelling припове́дати)

(transitive, intransitive) to narrate, recount

Conjugation

Conjugation of pripovedati

Infinitive: pripovedati		Present verbal adverb: pripovedajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pripovedānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		pripovedam	pripovedaš	pripoveda	pripovedamo	pripovedate	pripovedaju
Future	Future I	pripovedat ću¹ pripovedaću	pripovedat ćeš¹ pripovedaćeš	pripovedat će¹ pripovedaće	pripovedat ćemo¹ pripovedaćemo	pripovedat ćete¹ pripovedaćete	pripovedat će¹ pripovedaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm pripovedao²	bȕdēš pripovedao²	bȕdē pripovedao²	bȕdēmo pripovedali²	bȕdēte pripovedali²	bȕdū pripovedali²
Past	Perfect	pripovedao sam²	pripovedao si²	pripovedao je²	pripovedali smo²	pripovedali ste²	pripovedali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam pripovedao²	bȉo si pripovedao²	bȉo je pripovedao²	bíli smo pripovedali²	bíli ste pripovedali²	bíli su pripovedali²
	Imperfect	pripovedah	pripovedaše	pripovedaše	pripovedasmo	pripovedaste	pripovedahu
Conditional I		pripovedao bih²	pripovedao bi²	pripovedao bi²	pripovedali bismo²	pripovedali biste²	pripovedali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih pripovedao²	bȉo bi pripovedao²	bȉo bi pripovedao²	bíli bismo pripovedali²	bíli biste pripovedali²	bíli bi pripovedali²
Imperative		—	pripovedaj	—	pripovedajmo	pripovedajte	—
Active past participle		pripovedao m / pripovedala f / pripovedalo n			pripovedali m / pripovedale f / pripovedala n
Passive past participle		pripovedan m / pripovedana f / pripovedano n			pripovedani m / pripovedane f / pripovedana 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

pripòvediti pf