opravdati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ pravdati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒpraːʋdati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧prav‧da‧ti

Verb

òprāvdati pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀пра̄вдати)

  1. (transitive) to justify, excuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of opravdati
infinitive opravdati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb òprāvdāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present opravdam opravdaš opravda opravdamo opravdate opravdaju
future future I opravdat ću1
opravdaću
opravdat ćeš1
opravdaćeš
opravdat će1
opravdaće
opravdat ćemo1
opravdaćemo
opravdat ćete1
opravdaćete
opravdat ćē1
opravdaće
future II bȕdēm opravdao2 bȕdēš opravdao2 bȕdē opravdao2 bȕdēmo opravdali2 bȕdēte opravdali2 bȕdū opravdali2
past perfect opravdao sam2 opravdao si2 opravdao je2 opravdali smo2 opravdali ste2 opravdali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam opravdao2 bȉo si opravdao2 bȉo je opravdao2 bíli smo opravdali2 bíli ste opravdali2 bíli su opravdali2
aorist opravdah opravda opravda opravdasmo opravdaste opravdaše
conditional conditional I opravdao bih2 opravdao bi2 opravdao bi2 opravdali bismo2 opravdali biste2 opravdali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih opravdao2 bȉo bi opravdao2 bȉo bi opravdao2 bíli bismo opravdali2 bíli biste opravdali2 bíli bi opravdali2
imperative opravdaj opravdajmo opravdajte
active past participle opravdao m / opravdala f / opravdalo n opravdali m / opravdale f / opravdala n
passive past participle opravdan m / opravdana f / opravdano n opravdani m / opravdane f / opravdana 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.