klopati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From klópa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klǒːpati/
  • Hyphenation: klo‧pa‧ti

Verb

klópati impf (Cyrillic spelling кло́пати)

  1. (slang) to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of klopati
infinitive klopati
present verbal adverb klópajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun klópānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present klopam klopaš klopa klopamo klopate klopaju
future future I klopat ću1
klopaću
klopat ćeš1
klopaćeš
klopat će1
klopaće
klopat ćemo1
klopaćemo
klopat ćete1
klopaćete
klopat ćē1
klopaće
future II bȕdēm klopao2 bȕdēš klopao2 bȕdē klopao2 bȕdēmo klopali2 bȕdēte klopali2 bȕdū klopali2
past perfect klopao sam2 klopao si2 klopao je2 klopali smo2 klopali ste2 klopali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam klopao2 bȉo si klopao2 bȉo je klopao2 bíli smo klopali2 bíli ste klopali2 bíli su klopali2
imperfect klopah klopaše klopaše klopasmo klopaste klopahu
conditional conditional I klopao bih2 klopao bi2 klopao bi2 klopali bismo2 klopali biste2 klopali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih klopao2 bȉo bi klopao2 bȉo bi klopao2 bíli bismo klopali2 bíli biste klopali2 bíli bi klopali2
imperative klopaj klopajmo klopajte
active past participle klopao m / klopala f / klopalo n klopali m / klopale f / klopala 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

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