spevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• spjȅvati (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

spȅvati pf (Cyrillic spelling спе̏вати)

1. (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 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