ječati

See also: jecati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęčati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jěːt͡ʃati/
  • Hyphenation: je‧ča‧ti

Verb

jéčati impf (Cyrillic spelling је́чати)

  1. (intransitive) to echo, resound

Conjugation

Conjugation of ječati
infinitive ječati
present verbal adverb jéčēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun jéčānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ječim ječiš ječi ječimo ječite ječe
future future I ječat ću1
ječaću
ječat ćeš1
ječaćeš
ječat će1
ječaće
ječat ćemo1
ječaćemo
ječat ćete1
ječaćete
ječat ćē1
ječaće
future II bȕdēm ječao2 bȕdēš ječao2 bȕdē ječao2 bȕdēmo ječali2 bȕdēte ječali2 bȕdū ječali2
past perfect ječao sam2 ječao si2 ječao je2 ječali smo2 ječali ste2 ječali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ječao2 bȉo si ječao2 bȉo je ječao2 bíli smo ječali2 bíli ste ječali2 bíli su ječali2
imperfect ječah ječaše ječaše ječasmo ječaste ječahu
conditional conditional I ječao bih2 ječao bi2 ječao bi2 ječali bismo2 ječali biste2 ječali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ječao2 bȉo bi ječao2 bȉo bi ječao2 bíli bismo ječali2 bíli biste ječali2 bíli bi ječali2
imperative ječi ječimo ječite
active past participle ječao m / ječala f / ječalo n ječali m / ječale f / ječala 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.

References

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