spevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

spjȅvati (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spêʋati/
Hyphenation: spe‧va‧ti

Verb

spȅvati pf (Cyrillic spelling спе̏вати)

(transitive) to compose (a poem), to write verse

Conjugation

Conjugation of spevati

Infinitive: spevati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: spȅvāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		spevam	spevaš	speva	spevamo	spevate	spevaju
Future	Future I	spevat ću¹ spevaću	spevat ćeš¹ spevaćeš	spevat će¹ spevaće	spevat ćemo¹ spevaćemo	spevat ćete¹ spevaćete	spevat će¹ spevaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm spevao²	bȕdēš spevao²	bȕdē spevao²	bȕdēmo spevali²	bȕdēte spevali²	bȕdū spevali²
Past	Perfect	spevao sam²	spevao si²	spevao je²	spevali smo²	spevali ste²	spevali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam spevao²	bȉo si spevao²	bȉo je spevao²	bíli smo spevali²	bíli ste spevali²	bíli su spevali²
	Aorist	spevah	speva	speva	spevasmo	spevaste	spevaše
Conditional I		spevao bih²	spevao bi²	spevao bi²	spevali bismo²	spevali biste²	spevali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih spevao²	bȉo bi spevao²	bȉo bi spevao²	bíli bismo spevali²	bíli biste spevali²	bíli bi spevali²
Imperative		—	spevaj	—	spevajmo	spevajte	—
Active past participle		spevao m / spevala f / spevalo n			spevali m / spevale f / spevala n
Passive past participle		spevan m / spevana f / spevano n			spevani m / spevane f / spevana 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

spevávati impf