šlepati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of German schleppen +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlêpati/
  • Hyphenation: šle‧pa‧ti

Verb

šlȅpati impf (Cyrillic spelling шле̏пати)

  1. (transitive) to tow, to tug, to haul
    Synonyms: vȗći, tȅgliti

Conjugation

Conjugation of šlepati
infinitive šlepati
present verbal adverb šlȅpajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun šlȅpānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present šlepam šlepaš šlepa šlepamo šlepate šlepaju
future future I šlepat ću1
šlepaću
šlepat ćeš1
šlepaćeš
šlepat će1
šlepaće
šlepat ćemo1
šlepaćemo
šlepat ćete1
šlepaćete
šlepat ćē1
šlepaće
future II bȕdēm šlepao2 bȕdēš šlepao2 bȕdē šlepao2 bȕdēmo šlepali2 bȕdēte šlepali2 bȕdū šlepali2
past perfect šlepao sam2 šlepao si2 šlepao je2 šlepali smo2 šlepali ste2 šlepali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam šlepao2 bȉo si šlepao2 bȉo je šlepao2 bíli smo šlepali2 bíli ste šlepali2 bíli su šlepali2
imperfect šlepah šlepaše šlepaše šlepasmo šlepaste šlepahu
conditional conditional I šlepao bih2 šlepao bi2 šlepao bi2 šlepali bismo2 šlepali biste2 šlepali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih šlepao2 bȉo bi šlepao2 bȉo bi šlepao2 bíli bismo šlepali2 bíli biste šlepali2 bíli bi šlepali2
imperative šlepaj šlepajmo šlepajte
active past participle šlepao m / šlepala f / šlepalo n šlepali m / šlepale f / šlepala n
passive past participle šlepan m / šlepana f / šlepano n šlepani m / šlepane f / šlepana 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.

Further reading

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