venčati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vjènčati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věnьčati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋěnt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: ven‧ča‧ti

Verb

vènčati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling вѐнчати)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of venčati

Infinitive: venčati		Present verbal adverb: vènčajūći		Past verbal adverb: vènčāvši		Verbal noun: vènčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		venčam	venčaš	venča	venčamo	venčate	venčaju
Future	Future I	venčat ću1 venčaću	venčat ćeš1 venčaćeš	venčat će1 venčaće	venčat ćemo1 venčaćemo	venčat ćete1 venčaćete	venčat će1 venčaće
	Future II	bȕdēm venčao2	bȕdēš venčao2	bȕdē venčao2	bȕdēmo venčali2	bȕdēte venčali2	bȕdū venčali2
Past	Perfect	venčao sam2	venčao si2	venčao je2	venčali smo2	venčali ste2	venčali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam venčao2	bȉo si venčao2	bȉo je venčao2	bíli smo venčali2	bíli ste venčali2	bíli su venčali2
	Aorist	venčah	venča	venča	venčasmo	venčaste	venčaše
	Imperfect	venčah	venčaše	venčaše	venčasmo	venčaste	venčahu
Conditional I		venčao bih2	venčao bi2	venčao bi2	venčali bismo2	venčali biste2	venčali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih venčao2	bȉo bi venčao2	bȉo bi venčao2	bíli bismo venčali2	bíli biste venčali2	bíli bi venčali2
Imperative		—	venčaj	—	venčajmo	venčajte	—
Active past participle		venčao m / venčala f / venčalo n			venčali m / venčale f / venčala n
Passive past participle		venčan m / venčana f / venčano n			venčani m / venčane f / venčana 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

• venčávati impf