ojačavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ojat͡ʃǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ja‧ča‧va‧ti

Verb

ojačávati impf (Cyrillic spelling ојача́вати)

  1. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to strengthen (to make strong or stronger, grow strong or stronger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ojačavati
infinitive ojačavati
present verbal adverb ojačávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ojačávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ojačavam ojačavaš ojačava ojačavamo ojačavate ojačavaju
future future I ojačavat ću1
ojačavaću
ojačavat ćeš1
ojačavaćeš
ojačavat će1
ojačavaće
ojačavat ćemo1
ojačavaćemo
ojačavat ćete1
ojačavaćete
ojačavat ćē1
ojačavaće
future II bȕdēm ojačavao2 bȕdēš ojačavao2 bȕdē ojačavao2 bȕdēmo ojačavali2 bȕdēte ojačavali2 bȕdū ojačavali2
past perfect ojačavao sam2 ojačavao si2 ojačavao je2 ojačavali smo2 ojačavali ste2 ojačavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ojačavao2 bȉo si ojačavao2 bȉo je ojačavao2 bíli smo ojačavali2 bíli ste ojačavali2 bíli su ojačavali2
imperfect ojačavah ojačavaše ojačavaše ojačavasmo ojačavaste ojačavahu
conditional conditional I ojačavao bih2 ojačavao bi2 ojačavao bi2 ojačavali bismo2 ojačavali biste2 ojačavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ojačavao2 bȉo bi ojačavao2 bȉo bi ojačavao2 bíli bismo ojačavali2 bíli biste ojačavali2 bíli bi ojačavali2
imperative ojačavaj ojačavajmo ojačavajte
active past participle ojačavao m / ojačavala f / ojačavalo n ojačavali m / ojačavale f / ojačavala n
passive past participle ojačavan m / ojačavana f / ojačavano n ojačavani m / ojačavane f / ojačavana 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

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