brecati
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bręcati
Verb
brecati impf (Cyrillic spelling брецати)
- (intransitive) twang
- (reflexive) to be insolent
- (reflexive) to become frightened
Conjugation
Conjugation of brecati
Infinitive: brecati | Present verbal adverb: brecajući | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: brecanje | ||||
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
Present | brecam | brecaš | breca | brecamo | brecate | brecaju | |
Future | Future I | brecat ću1 brecaću | brecat ćeš1 brecaćeš | brecat će1 brecaće | brecat ćemo1 brecaćemo | brecat ćete1 brecaćete | brecat će1 brecaće |
Future II | bȕdēm brecao2 | bȕdēš brecao2 | bȕdē brecao2 | bȕdēmo brecali2 | bȕdēte brecali2 | bȕdū brecali2 | |
Past | Perfect | brecao sam2 | brecao si2 | brecao je2 | brecali smo2 | brecali ste2 | brecali su2 |
Pluperfect3 | bio sam brecao2 | bio si brecao2 | bio je brecao2 | bili smo brecali2 | bili ste brecali2 | bili su brecali2 | |
Imperfect | brecah | brecaše | brecaše | brecasmo | brecaste | brecahu | |
Conditional I | brecao bih2 | brecao bi2 | brecao bi2 | brecali bismo2 | brecali biste2 | brecali bi2 | |
Conditional II4 | bio bih brecao2 | bio bi brecao2 | bio bi brecao2 | bili bismo brecali2 | bili biste brecali2 | bili bi brecali2 | |
Imperative | — | brecaj | — | brecajmo | brecajte | — | |
Active past participle | brecao m / brecala f / brecalo n | brecali m / brecale f / brecala 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. |