šnjofati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German schnüffeln +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɲôfati/
  • Hyphenation: šnjo‧fa‧ti

Verb

šnjȍfati impf (Cyrillic spelling шњо̏фати)

  1. (regional, intransitive, transitive) to sniff
  2. (regional, intransitive, transitive) to snort

Conjugation

Conjugation of šnjofati
infinitive šnjofati
present verbal adverb šnjȍfajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun šnjȍfānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present šnjofam šnjofaš šnjofa šnjofamo šnjofate šnjofaju
future future I šnjofat ću1
šnjofaću
šnjofat ćeš1
šnjofaćeš
šnjofat će1
šnjofaće
šnjofat ćemo1
šnjofaćemo
šnjofat ćete1
šnjofaćete
šnjofat ćē1
šnjofaće
future II bȕdēm šnjofao2 bȕdēš šnjofao2 bȕdē šnjofao2 bȕdēmo šnjofali2 bȕdēte šnjofali2 bȕdū šnjofali2
past perfect šnjofao sam2 šnjofao si2 šnjofao je2 šnjofali smo2 šnjofali ste2 šnjofali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam šnjofao2 bȉo si šnjofao2 bȉo je šnjofao2 bíli smo šnjofali2 bíli ste šnjofali2 bíli su šnjofali2
imperfect šnjofah šnjofaše šnjofaše šnjofasmo šnjofaste šnjofahu
conditional conditional I šnjofao bih2 šnjofao bi2 šnjofao bi2 šnjofali bismo2 šnjofali biste2 šnjofali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih šnjofao2 bȉo bi šnjofao2 bȉo bi šnjofao2 bíli bismo šnjofali2 bíli biste šnjofali2 bíli bi šnjofali2
imperative šnjofaj šnjofajmo šnjofajte
active past participle šnjofao m / šnjofala f / šnjofalo n šnjofali m / šnjofale f / šnjofala 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.

Synonyms

References

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