obuvati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obuvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obǔːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧bu‧va‧ti

Verb

obúvati impf (Cyrillic spelling обу́вати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to put on (socks, stockings, footwear)

Conjugation

Conjugation of obuvati
infinitive obuvati
present verbal adverb obúvajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun obúvānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present obuvam obuvaš obuva obuvamo obuvate obuvaju
future future I obuvat ću1
obuvaću
obuvat ćeš1
obuvaćeš
obuvat će1
obuvaće
obuvat ćemo1
obuvaćemo
obuvat ćete1
obuvaćete
obuvat ćē1
obuvaće
future II bȕdēm obuvao2 bȕdēš obuvao2 bȕdē obuvao2 bȕdēmo obuvali2 bȕdēte obuvali2 bȕdū obuvali2
past perfect obuvao sam2 obuvao si2 obuvao je2 obuvali smo2 obuvali ste2 obuvali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam obuvao2 bȉo si obuvao2 bȉo je obuvao2 bíli smo obuvali2 bíli ste obuvali2 bíli su obuvali2
imperfect obuvah obuvaše obuvaše obuvasmo obuvaste obuvahu
conditional conditional I obuvao bih2 obuvao bi2 obuvao bi2 obuvali bismo2 obuvali biste2 obuvali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih obuvao2 bȉo bi obuvao2 bȉo bi obuvao2 bíli bismo obuvali2 bíli biste obuvali2 bíli bi obuvali2
imperative obuvaj obuvajmo obuvajte
active past participle obuvao m / obuvala f / obuvalo n obuvali m / obuvale f / obuvala n
passive past participle obuvan m / obuvana f / obuvano n obuvani m / obuvane f / obuvana 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

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