skretati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ kretati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrěːtati/
• Hyphenation: skre‧ta‧ti

Verb

skrétati impf (Cyrillic spelling скре́тати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to turn, take another direction
2. (intransitive) to deviate, diverge from
3. (intransitive) to strike into another track
4. (intransitive) to shunt (train)
5. (intransitive) to digress (of a conversation)
6. (intransitive) to stray (from proper path)
7. (intransitive) to sheer (ship's direction)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skretati

Infinitive: skretati		Present verbal adverb: skréćūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: skrétānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		skrećem	skrećeš	skreće	skrećemo	skrećete	skreću
Future	Future I	skretat ću1 skretaću	skretat ćeš1 skretaćeš	skretat će1 skretaće	skretat ćemo1 skretaćemo	skretat ćete1 skretaćete	skretat će1 skretaće
	Future II	bȕdēm skretao2	bȕdēš skretao2	bȕdē skretao2	bȕdēmo skretali2	bȕdēte skretali2	bȕdū skretali2
Past	Perfect	skretao sam2	skretao si2	skretao je2	skretali smo2	skretali ste2	skretali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam skretao2	bȉo si skretao2	bȉo je skretao2	bíli smo skretali2	bíli ste skretali2	bíli su skretali2
	Imperfect	skretah	skretaše	skretaše	skretasmo	skretaste	skretahu
Conditional I		skretao bih2	skretao bi2	skretao bi2	skretali bismo2	skretali biste2	skretali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih skretao2	bȉo bi skretao2	bȉo bi skretao2	bíli bismo skretali2	bíli biste skretali2	bíli bi skretali2
Imperative		—	skreći	—	skrećimo	skrećite	—
Active past participle		skretao m / skretala f / skretalo n			skretali m / skretale f / skretala 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

• skrénuti pf