zahvaćati
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- zàhvatati
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zǎxʋatɕati/
- Hyphenation: za‧hva‧ća‧ti
Verb
zàhvaćati impf (Cyrillic spelling за̀хваћати)
- (transitive) to seize, grab, grip, grasp
- (transitive) to scoop
- (transitive) to tackle, treat (problem)
- (transitive) to engulf, extend, affect
- (transitive) to overcome, seize
Conjugation
Conjugation of zahvaćati
Infinitive: zahvaćati | Present verbal adverb: zàhvaćajūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: zàhvaćānje | ||||
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
Present | zahvaćam | zahvaćaš | zahvaća | zahvaćamo | zahvaćate | zahvaćaju | |
Future | Future I | zahvaćat ću1 zahvaćaću | zahvaćat ćeš1 zahvaćaćeš | zahvaćat će1 zahvaćaće | zahvaćat ćemo1 zahvaćaćemo | zahvaćat ćete1 zahvaćaćete | zahvaćat će1 zahvaćaće |
Future II | budem zahvaćao2 | budeš zahvaćao2 | bude zahvaćao2 | budemo zahvaćali2 | budete zahvaćali2 | budu zahvaćali2 | |
Past | Perfect | zahvaćao sam2 | zahvaćao si2 | zahvaćao je2 | zahvaćali smo2 | zahvaćali ste2 | zahvaćali su2 |
Pluperfect3 | bio sam zahvaćao2 | bio si zahvaćao2 | bio je zahvaćao2 | bili smo zahvaćali2 | bili ste zahvaćali2 | bili su zahvaćali2 | |
Imperfect | zahvaćah | zahvaćaše | zahvaćaše | zahvaćasmo | zahvaćaste | zahvaćahu | |
Conditional I | zahvaćao bih2 | zahvaćao bi2 | zahvaćao bi2 | zahvaćali bismo2 | zahvaćali biste2 | zahvaćali bi2 | |
Conditional II | bio bih zahvaćao2 | bio bi zahvaćao2 | bio bi zahvaćao2 | bili bismo zahvaćali2 | bili biste zahvaćali2 | bili bi zahvaćali2 | |
Imperative | — | zahvaćaj | — | zahvaćajmo | zahvaćajte | — | |
Active past participle | zahvaćao m / zahvaćala f / zahvaćalo n | zahvaćali m / zahvaćale f / zahvaćala n | |||||
Passive past participle | zahvaćan m / zahvaćana f / zahvaćano n | zahvaćani m / zahvaćane f / zahvaćana 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. * 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
- zàhvatiti pf