smirivati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /smirǐːʋati/
Hyphenation: smi‧ri‧va‧ti

Verb

smirívati impf (Cyrillic spelling смири́вати)

(transitive) to calm, soothe, pacify
(reflexive) to calm down

Conjugation

Conjugation of smirivati

Infinitive: smirivati		Present verbal adverb: smìrujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: smirívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smirujem	smiruješ	smiruje	smirujemo	smirujete	smiruju
Future	Future I	smirivat ću¹ smirivaću	smirivat ćeš¹ smirivaćeš	smirivat će¹ smirivaće	smirivat ćemo¹ smirivaćemo	smirivat ćete¹ smirivaćete	smirivat će¹ smirivaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm smirivao²	bȕdēš smirivao²	bȕdē smirivao²	bȕdēmo smirivali²	bȕdēte smirivali²	bȕdū smirivali²
Past	Perfect	smirivao sam²	smirivao si²	smirivao je²	smirivali smo²	smirivali ste²	smirivali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam smirivao²	bȉo si smirivao²	bȉo je smirivao²	bíli smo smirivali²	bíli ste smirivali²	bíli su smirivali²
	Imperfect	smirivah	smirivaše	smirivaše	smirivasmo	smirivaste	smirivahu
Conditional I		smirivao bih²	smirivao bi²	smirivao bi²	smirivali bismo²	smirivali biste²	smirivali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih smirivao²	bȉo bi smirivao²	bȉo bi smirivao²	bíli bismo smirivali²	bíli biste smirivali²	bíli bi smirivali²
Imperative		—	smiruj	—	smirujmo	smirujte	—
Active past participle		smirivao m / smirivala f / smirivalo n			smirivali m / smirivale f / smirivala n
Passive past participle		smirivan m / smirivana f / smirivano n			smirivani m / smirivane f / smirivana 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

smíriti pf