otklanjati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒtklaɲati/
  • Hyphenation: ot‧kla‧nja‧ti

Verb

òtklanjati impf (Cyrillic spelling о̀тклањати)

  1. (transitive) to eliminate (danger), prevent (accident)
  2. (transitive) to reject, refuse (possibility, proposal etc.)
  3. (intransitive) to deviate, differ

Conjugation

Conjugation of otklanjati
infinitive otklanjati
present verbal adverb òtklanjajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun òtklanjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present otklanjam otklanjaš otklanja otklanjamo otklanjate otklanjaju
future future I otklanjat ću1
otklanjaću
otklanjat ćeš1
otklanjaćeš
otklanjat će1
otklanjaće
otklanjat ćemo1
otklanjaćemo
otklanjat ćete1
otklanjaćete
otklanjat ćē1
otklanjaće
future II bȕdēm otklanjao2 bȕdēš otklanjao2 bȕdē otklanjao2 bȕdēmo otklanjali2 bȕdēte otklanjali2 bȕdū otklanjali2
past perfect otklanjao sam2 otklanjao si2 otklanjao je2 otklanjali smo2 otklanjali ste2 otklanjali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam otklanjao2 bȉo si otklanjao2 bȉo je otklanjao2 bíli smo otklanjali2 bíli ste otklanjali2 bíli su otklanjali2
imperfect otklanjah otklanjaše otklanjaše otklanjasmo otklanjaste otklanjahu
conditional conditional I otklanjao bih2 otklanjao bi2 otklanjao bi2 otklanjali bismo2 otklanjali biste2 otklanjali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih otklanjao2 bȉo bi otklanjao2 bȉo bi otklanjao2 bíli bismo otklanjali2 bíli biste otklanjali2 bíli bi otklanjali2
imperative otklanjaj otklanjajmo otklanjajte
active past participle otklanjao m / otklanjala f / otklanjalo n otklanjali m / otklanjale f / otklanjala n
passive past participle otklanjan m / otklanjana f / otklanjano n otklanjani m / otklanjane f / otklanjana 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

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