usmeravati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

usmjerávati (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /usmerǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: u‧sme‧ra‧va‧ti

Verb

usmerávati impf (Cyrillic spelling усмера́вати)

(transitive) to direct, aim

Conjugation

Conjugation of usmeravati

Infinitive: usmeravati		Present verbal adverb: usmerávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: usmerávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		usmeravam	usmeravaš	usmerava	usmeravamo	usmeravate	usmeravaju
Future	Future I	usmeravat ću¹ usmeravaću	usmeravat ćeš¹ usmeravaćeš	usmeravat će¹ usmeravaće	usmeravat ćemo¹ usmeravaćemo	usmeravat ćete¹ usmeravaćete	usmeravat će¹ usmeravaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm usmeravao²	bȕdēš usmeravao²	bȕdē usmeravao²	bȕdēmo usmeravali²	bȕdēte usmeravali²	bȕdū usmeravali²
Past	Perfect	usmeravao sam²	usmeravao si²	usmeravao je²	usmeravali smo²	usmeravali ste²	usmeravali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam usmeravao²	bȉo si usmeravao²	bȉo je usmeravao²	bíli smo usmeravali²	bíli ste usmeravali²	bíli su usmeravali²
	Imperfect	usmeravah	usmeravaše	usmeravaše	usmeravasmo	usmeravaste	usmeravahu
Conditional I		usmeravao bih²	usmeravao bi²	usmeravao bi²	usmeravali bismo²	usmeravali biste²	usmeravali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih usmeravao²	bȉo bi usmeravao²	bȉo bi usmeravao²	bíli bismo usmeravali²	bíli biste usmeravali²	bíli bi usmeravali²
Imperative		—	usmeravaj	—	usmeravajmo	usmeravajte	—
Active past participle		usmeravao m / usmeravala f / usmeravalo n			usmeravali m / usmeravale f / usmeravala n
Passive past participle		usmeravan m / usmeravana f / usmeravano n			usmeravani m / usmeravane f / usmeravana 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

ùsmeriti pf