одговарати

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /odɡoʋǎːrati/
  • Hyphenation: од‧го‧ва‧ра‧ти

Verb

одгова́рати impf (Latin spelling odgovárati)

  1. (intransitive) to answer, reply (+dative)
  2. (intransitive) to match, fit, correspond to (+dative)
  3. (intransitive) to be responsible for sth

Conjugation

Conjugation of одговарати
infinitive одговарати
present verbal adverb одгова́рајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun одгова́ра̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present одговарам одговараш одговара одговарамо одговарате одговарају
future future I одговарат ћу1
одговараћу
одговарат ћеш1
одговараћеш
одговарат ће1
одговараће
одговарат ћемо1
одговараћемо
одговарат ћете1
одговараћете
одговарат ћē1
одговараће
future II бу̏де̄м одговарао2 бу̏де̄ш одговарао2 бу̏де̄ одговарао2 бу̏де̄мо одговарали2 бу̏де̄те одговарали2 бу̏дӯ одговарали2
past perfect одговарао сам2 одговарао си2 одговарао је2 одговарали смо2 одговарали сте2 одговарали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам одговарао2 би̏о си одговарао2 би̏о је одговарао2 би́ли смо одговарали2 би́ли сте одговарали2 би́ли су одговарали2
imperfect одговарах одговараше одговараше одговарасмо одговарасте одговараху
conditional conditional I одговарао бих2 одговарао би2 одговарао би2 одговарали бисмо2 одговарали бисте2 одговарали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих одговарао2 би̏о би одговарао2 би̏о би одговарао2 би́ли бисмо одговарали2 би́ли бисте одговарали2 би́ли би одговарали2
imperative одговарај одговарајмо одговарајте
active past participle одговарао m / одговарала f / одговарало n одговарали m / одговарале f / одговарала n
passive past participle одговаран m / одговарана f / одговарано n одговарани m / одговаране f / одговарана 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

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