žvakati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьvàti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒʋǎːkati/
  • Hyphenation: žva‧ka‧ti

Verb

žvákati impf (Cyrillic spelling жва́кати)

  1. (ambitransitive) to chew
  2. (intransitive) to speak slowly and incoherently

Conjugation

Conjugation of žvakati
infinitive žvakati
present verbal adverb žváčūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun žvákānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present žvačem žvačeš žvače žvačemo žvačete žvaču
future future I žvakat ću1
žvakaću
žvakat ćeš1
žvakaćeš
žvakat će1
žvakaće
žvakat ćemo1
žvakaćemo
žvakat ćete1
žvakaćete
žvakat ćē1
žvakaće
future II bȕdēm žvakao2 bȕdēš žvakao2 bȕdē žvakao2 bȕdēmo žvakali2 bȕdēte žvakali2 bȕdū žvakali2
past perfect žvakao sam2 žvakao si2 žvakao je2 žvakali smo2 žvakali ste2 žvakali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam žvakao2 bȉo si žvakao2 bȉo je žvakao2 bíli smo žvakali2 bíli ste žvakali2 bíli su žvakali2
imperfect žvakah žvakaše žvakaše žvakasmo žvakaste žvakahu
conditional conditional I žvakao bih2 žvakao bi2 žvakao bi2 žvakali bismo2 žvakali biste2 žvakali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih žvakao2 bȉo bi žvakao2 bȉo bi žvakao2 bíli bismo žvakali2 bíli biste žvakali2 bíli bi žvakali2
imperative žvači žvačimo žvačite
active past participle žvakao m / žvakala f / žvakalo n žvakali m / žvakale f / žvakala n
passive past participle žvakan m / žvakana f / žvakano n žvakani m / žvakane f / žvakana 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

  • ižvákati
  • prežvákati
  • prožvákati
  • sažvákati