zadavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zadǎːʋati/
• Hyphenation: za‧da‧va‧ti

Verb

zadávati impf (Cyrillic spelling зада́вати)

1. (transitive) to assign, give (an assignment or duty)
2. (transitive) to cause (pain, trouble, worry)

   zadavati udarac — to deliver a blow

   zadavati ranu — to inflict a wound

Conjugation

Conjugation of zadavati

Infinitive: zadavati		Present verbal adverb: zàdājūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: zadávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zadajem	zadaješ	zadaje	zadajemo	zadajete	zadaju
Future	Future I	zadavat ću1 zadavaću	zadavat ćeš1 zadavaćeš	zadavat će1 zadavaće	zadavat ćemo1 zadavaćemo	zadavat ćete1 zadavaćete	zadavat će1 zadavaće
	Future II	bȕdēm zadavao2	bȕdēš zadavao2	bȕdē zadavao2	bȕdēmo zadavali2	bȕdēte zadavali2	bȕdū zadavali2
Past	Perfect	zadavao sam2	zadavao si2	zadavao je2	zadavali smo2	zadavali ste2	zadavali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam zadavao2	bȉo si zadavao2	bȉo je zadavao2	bíli smo zadavali2	bíli ste zadavali2	bíli su zadavali2
	Imperfect	zadavah	zadavaše	zadavaše	zadavasmo	zadavaste	zadavahu
Conditional I		zadavao bih2	zadavao bi2	zadavao bi2	zadavali bismo2	zadavali biste2	zadavali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih zadavao2	bȉo bi zadavao2	bȉo bi zadavao2	bíli bismo zadavali2	bíli biste zadavali2	bíli bi zadavali2
Imperative		—	zadaj	—	zadajmo	zadajte	—
Active past participle		zadavao m / zadavala f / zadavalo n			zadavali m / zadavale f / zadavala n
Passive past participle		zadavan m / zadavana f / zadavano n			zadavani m / zadavane f / zadavana 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

• zàdati pf