šivati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃǐːʋati/
Hyphenation: ši‧va‧ti

Verb

šívati impf (Cyrillic spelling ши́вати)

(transitive, intransitive) to sew, stitch
(transitive) to baste
(transitive) to suture
(transitive) to do needlework

Conjugation

Conjugation of šivati

Infinitive: šivati		Present verbal adverb: šívajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šivam	šivaš	šiva	šivamo	šivate	šivaju
Future	Future I	šivat ću¹ šivaću	šivat ćeš¹ šivaćeš	šivat će¹ šivaće	šivat ćemo¹ šivaćemo	šivat ćete¹ šivaćete	šivat će¹ šivaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm šivao²	bȕdēš šivao²	bȕdē šivao²	bȕdēmo šivali²	bȕdēte šivali²	bȕdū šivali²
Past	Perfect	šivao sam²	šivao si²	šivao je²	šivali smo²	šivali ste²	šivali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam šivao²	bio si šivao²	bio je šivao²	bili smo šivali²	bili ste šivali²	bili su šivali²
	Imperfect	šivah	šivaše	šivaše	šivasmo	šivaste	šivahu
Conditional I		šivao bih²	šivao bi²	šivao bi²	šivali bismo²	šivali biste²	šivali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih šivao²	bio bi šivao²	bio bi šivao²	bili bismo šivali²	bili biste šivali²	bili bi šivali²
Imperative		—	šivaj	—	šivajmo	šivajte	—
Active past participle		šivao m / šivala f / šivalo n			šivali m / šivale f / šivala n
Passive past participle		šivan m / šivana f / šivano n			šivani m / šivane f / šivana 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

šȉti impf
sašȉti pf