cvrkutati
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Of onomatopoetic origin; compare cvrčak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sʋrkǔtati/
- Hyphenation: cvr‧ku‧ta‧ti
Verb
cvrkùtati impf (Cyrillic spelling цврку̀тати)
- (intransitive) to twitter, chirp
- (intransitive) to warble (sing like a bird)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cvrkutati
Infinitive: cvrkutati | Present verbal adverb: cvrkùtajūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: cvrkùtānje | ||||
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
Present | cvrkućem | cvrkućeš | cvrkuće | cvrkućemo | cvrkućete | cvrkuću | |
Future | Future I | cvrkutat ću1 cvrkutaću | cvrkutat ćeš1 cvrkutaćeš | cvrkutat će1 cvrkutaće | cvrkutat ćemo1 cvrkutaćemo | cvrkutat ćete1 cvrkutaćete | cvrkutat će1 cvrkutaće |
Future II | bȕdēm cvrkutao2 | bȕdēš cvrkutao2 | bȕdē cvrkutao2 | bȕdēmo cvrkutali2 | bȕdēte cvrkutali2 | bȕdū cvrkutali2 | |
Past | Perfect | cvrkutao sam2 | cvrkutao si2 | cvrkutao je2 | cvrkutali smo2 | cvrkutali ste2 | cvrkutali su2 |
Pluperfect3 | bio sam cvrkutao2 | bio si cvrkutao2 | bio je cvrkutao2 | bili smo cvrkutali2 | bili ste cvrkutali2 | bili su cvrkutali2 | |
Imperfect | cvrkutah | cvrkutaše | cvrkutaše | cvrkutasmo | cvrkutaste | cvrkutahu | |
Conditional I | cvrkutao bih2 | cvrkutao bi2 | cvrkutao bi2 | cvrkutali bismo2 | cvrkutali biste2 | cvrkutali bi2 | |
Conditional II4 | bio bih cvrkutao2 | bio bi cvrkutao2 | bio bi cvrkutao2 | bili bismo cvrkutali2 | bili biste cvrkutali2 | bili bi cvrkutali2 | |
Imperative | — | cvrkući | — | cvrkućimo | cvrkućite | — | |
Active past participle | cvrkutao m / cvrkutala f / cvrkutalo n | cvrkutali m / cvrkutale f / cvrkutala 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. |
References
- “cvrkutati” in Hrvatski jezični portal