zevati
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): zijévati
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zěvati
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zěːʋati/
- Hyphenation: ze‧va‧ti
Verb
zévati impf (Cyrillic spelling зе́вати)
- (intransitive) to yawn
Conjugation
Conjugation of zevati
Infinitive: zevati | Present verbal adverb: zévajūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: zévānje | ||||
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
Present | zevam | zevaš | zeva | zevamo | zevate | zevaju | |
Future | Future I | zevat ću1 zevaću | zevat ćeš1 zevaćeš | zevat će1 zevaće | zevat ćemo1 zevaćemo | zevat ćete1 zevaćete | zevat će1 zevaće |
Future II | budem zevao2 | budeš zevao2 | bude zevao2 | budemo zevali2 | budete zevali2 | budu zevali2 | |
Past | Perfect | zevao sam2 | zevao si2 | zevao je2 | zevali smo2 | zevali ste2 | zevali su2 |
Pluperfect3 | bio sam zevao2 | bio si zevao2 | bio je zevao2 | bili smo zevali2 | bili ste zevali2 | bili su zevali2 | |
Imperfect | zevah | zevaše | zevaše | zevasmo | zevaste | zevahu | |
Conditional I | zevao bih2 | zevao bi2 | zevao bi2 | zevali bismo2 | zevali biste2 | zevali bi2 | |
Conditional II | bio bih zevao2 | bio bi zevao2 | bio bi zevao2 | bili bismo zevali2 | bili biste zevali2 | bili bi zevali2 | |
Imperative | — | zevaj | — | zevajmo | zevajte | — | |
Active past participle | zevao m / zevala f / zevalo n | zevali m / zevale f / zevala 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
- zévnuti pf