birati

See also: biratî

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐːrati/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ra‧ti

Verb

bírati impf (Cyrillic spelling би́рати)

  1. (transitive) to pick, choose, select

Conjugation

Conjugation of birati
infinitive birati
present verbal adverb bírajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun bírānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present biram biraš bira biramo birate biraju
future future I birat ću1
biraću
birat ćeš1
biraćeš
birat će1
biraće
birat ćemo1
biraćemo
birat ćete1
biraćete
birat ćē1
biraće
future II bȕdēm birao2 bȕdēš birao2 bȕdē birao2 bȕdēmo birali2 bȕdēte birali2 bȕdū birali2
past perfect birao sam2 birao si2 birao je2 birali smo2 birali ste2 birali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam birao2 bȉo si birao2 bȉo je birao2 bíli smo birali2 bíli ste birali2 bíli su birali2
imperfect birah biraše biraše birasmo biraste birahu
conditional conditional I birao bih2 birao bi2 birao bi2 birali bismo2 birali biste2 birali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih birao2 bȉo bi birao2 bȉo bi birao2 bíli bismo birali2 bíli biste birali2 bíli bi birali2
imperative biraj birajmo birajte
active past participle birao m / birala f / biralo n birali m / birale f / birala n
passive past participle biran m / birana f / birano n birani m / birane f / birana 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