šetati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šętati.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

šétati impf (Cyrillic spelling ше́тати)

  1. (reflexive) to walk, stroll
  2. (transitive) to take for a walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of šetati
infinitive šetati
present verbal adverb šétajūći / šéćūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun šétānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
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 ćē1
šetaće
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 bȉo sam šetao2 bȉo si šetao2 bȉo je šetao2 bíli smo šetali2 bíli ste šetali2 bíli su šetali2
imperfect šetah šetaše šetaše šetasmo šetaste šetahu
conditional conditional I šetao bih2 šetao bi2 šetao bi2 šetali bismo2 šetali biste2 šetali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih šetao2 bȉo bi šetao2 bȉo bi šetao2 bíli bismo šetali2 bíli biste šetali2 bíli 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 were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • šetati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025