nadjačati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From nad- +‎ jačati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nadjǎt͡ʃati/
  • Hyphenation: nad‧ja‧ča‧ti

Verb

nadjàčati pf (Cyrillic spelling надја̀чати)

  1. (transitive) to overcome, overpower

Conjugation

Conjugation of nadjačati
infinitive nadjačati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb nadjàčāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present nadjačam nadjačaš nadjača nadjačamo nadjačate nadjačaju
future future I nadjačat ću1
nadjačaću
nadjačat ćeš1
nadjačaćeš
nadjačat će1
nadjačaće
nadjačat ćemo1
nadjačaćemo
nadjačat ćete1
nadjačaćete
nadjačat ćē1
nadjačaće
future II bȕdēm nadjačao2 bȕdēš nadjačao2 bȕdē nadjačao2 bȕdēmo nadjačali2 bȕdēte nadjačali2 bȕdū nadjačali2
past perfect nadjačao sam2 nadjačao si2 nadjačao je2 nadjačali smo2 nadjačali ste2 nadjačali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam nadjačao2 bȉo si nadjačao2 bȉo je nadjačao2 bíli smo nadjačali2 bíli ste nadjačali2 bíli su nadjačali2
aorist nadjačah nadjača nadjača nadjačasmo nadjačaste nadjačaše
conditional conditional I nadjačao bih2 nadjačao bi2 nadjačao bi2 nadjačali bismo2 nadjačali biste2 nadjačali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih nadjačao2 bȉo bi nadjačao2 bȉo bi nadjačao2 bíli bismo nadjačali2 bíli biste nadjačali2 bíli bi nadjačali2
imperative nadjačaj nadjačajmo nadjačajte
active past participle nadjačao m / nadjačala f / nadjačalo n nadjačali m / nadjačale f / nadjačala n
passive past participle nadjačan m / nadjačana f / nadjačano n nadjačani m / nadjačane f / nadjačana 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

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