šetati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *šętati (sę)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃěːtati/
Hyphenation: še‧ta‧ti

Verb

šétati impf (Cyrillic spelling ше́тати)

(reflexive) to walk, stroll
(transitive) to take for a walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of šetati

Infinitive: šetati		Present verbal adverb: šétajūći / šéćūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šétānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šećem / šetam	šećeš / šetaš	šeće / šeta	šećemo / šetamo	šećete / šetate	šeću / šetaju
Future	Future I	šetat ću¹ šetaću	šetat ćeš¹ šetaćeš	šetat će¹ šetaće	šetat ćemo¹ šetaćemo	šetat ćete¹ šetaćete	šetat će¹ šetaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm šetao²	bȕdēš šetao²	bȕdē šetao²	bȕdēmo šetali²	bȕdēte šetali²	bȕdū šetali²
Past	Perfect	šetao sam²	šetao si²	šetao je²	šetali smo²	šetali ste²	šetali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam šetao²	bio si šetao²	bio je šetao²	bili smo šetali²	bili ste šetali²	bili su šetali²
	Imperfect	šetah	šetaše	šetaše	šetasmo	šetaste	šetahu
Conditional I		šetao bih²	šetao bi²	šetao bi²	šetali bismo²	šetali biste²	šetali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih šetao²	bio bi šetao²	bio bi šetao²	bili bismo šetali²	bili biste šetali²	bili bi šetali²
Imperative		—	šeći / šetaj	—	šećimo / šetajmo	šećite / šetajte	—
Active past participle		šetao m / šetala f / šetalo n			šetali m / šetale f / šetala 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.

Derived terms

prošétati
ušétati
šetač
šetalište