ovladati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

o- +‎ vladati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oʋlǎːdati/
Hyphenation: o‧vla‧da‧ti

Verb

ovládati pf (Cyrillic spelling овла́дати)

(intransitive) to establish control over something; to control (+instrumental)
(intransitive) to master (technique, process, language etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ovladati

Infinitive: ovladati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ovládāvši		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		ovladam	ovladaš	ovlada	ovladamo	ovladate	ovladaju
Future	Future I	ovladat ću¹ ovladaću	ovladat ćeš¹ ovladaćeš	ovladat će¹ ovladaće	ovladat ćemo¹ ovladaćemo	ovladat ćete¹ ovladaćete	ovladat će¹ ovladaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm ovladao²	bȕdēš ovladao²	bȕdē ovladao²	bȕdēmo ovladali²	bȕdēte ovladali²	bȕdū ovladali²
Past	Perfect	ovladao sam²	ovladao si²	ovladao je²	ovladali smo²	ovladali ste²	ovladali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam ovladao²	bio si ovladao²	bio je ovladao²	bili smo ovladali²	bili ste ovladali²	bili su ovladali²
	Aorist	ovladah	ovlada	ovlada	ovladasmo	ovladaste	ovladaše
Conditional I		ovladao bih²	ovladao bi²	ovladao bi²	ovladali bismo²	ovladali biste²	ovladali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih ovladao²	bio bi ovladao²	bio bi ovladao²	bili bismo ovladali²	bili biste ovladali²	bili bi ovladali²
Imperative		—	ovladaj	—	ovladajmo	ovladajte	—
Active past participle		ovladao m / ovladala f / ovladalo n			ovladali m / ovladale f / ovladala n
Passive past participle		ovladan m / ovladana f / ovladano n			ovladani m / ovladane f / ovladana 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 have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

ovladávati impf