ljuljati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ljuljati (sę).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎǔːʎati/
  • Hyphenation: lju‧lja‧ti

Verb

ljúljati impf (Cyrillic spelling љу́љати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to swing, rock

Conjugation

Conjugation of ljuljati
infinitive ljuljati
present verbal adverb ljúljajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ljúljānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ljuljam ljuljaš ljulja ljuljamo ljuljate ljuljaju
future future I ljuljat ću1
ljuljaću
ljuljat ćeš1
ljuljaćeš
ljuljat će1
ljuljaće
ljuljat ćemo1
ljuljaćemo
ljuljat ćete1
ljuljaćete
ljuljat ćē1
ljuljaće
future II bȕdēm ljuljao2 bȕdēš ljuljao2 bȕdē ljuljao2 bȕdēmo ljuljali2 bȕdēte ljuljali2 bȕdū ljuljali2
past perfect ljuljao sam2 ljuljao si2 ljuljao je2 ljuljali smo2 ljuljali ste2 ljuljali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ljuljao2 bȉo si ljuljao2 bȉo je ljuljao2 bíli smo ljuljali2 bíli ste ljuljali2 bíli su ljuljali2
imperfect ljuljah ljuljaše ljuljaše ljuljasmo ljuljaste ljuljahu
conditional conditional I ljuljao bih2 ljuljao bi2 ljuljao bi2 ljuljali bismo2 ljuljali biste2 ljuljali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ljuljao2 bȉo bi ljuljao2 bȉo bi ljuljao2 bíli bismo ljuljali2 bíli biste ljuljali2 bíli bi ljuljali2
imperative ljuljaj ljuljajmo ljuljajte
active past participle ljuljao m / ljuljala f / ljuljalo n ljuljali m / ljuljale f / ljuljala n
passive past participle ljuljan m / ljuljana f / ljuljano n ljuljani m / ljuljane f / ljuljana 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.