otkopavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /otkopǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: ot‧ko‧pa‧va‧ti

Verb

otkopávati impf (Cyrillic spelling откопа́вати)

  1. (transitive) to dig up, excavate, uncover, unearth

Conjugation

Conjugation of otkopavati
infinitive otkopavati
present verbal adverb otkopávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun otkopávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present otkopavam otkopavaš otkopava otkopavamo otkopavate otkopavaju
future future I otkopavat ću1
otkopavaću
otkopavat ćeš1
otkopavaćeš
otkopavat će1
otkopavaće
otkopavat ćemo1
otkopavaćemo
otkopavat ćete1
otkopavaćete
otkopavat ćē1
otkopavaće
future II bȕdēm otkopavao2 bȕdēš otkopavao2 bȕdē otkopavao2 bȕdēmo otkopavali2 bȕdēte otkopavali2 bȕdū otkopavali2
past perfect otkopavao sam2 otkopavao si2 otkopavao je2 otkopavali smo2 otkopavali ste2 otkopavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam otkopavao2 bȉo si otkopavao2 bȉo je otkopavao2 bíli smo otkopavali2 bíli ste otkopavali2 bíli su otkopavali2
imperfect otkopavah otkopavaše otkopavaše otkopavasmo otkopavaste otkopavahu
conditional conditional I otkopavao bih2 otkopavao bi2 otkopavao bi2 otkopavali bismo2 otkopavali biste2 otkopavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih otkopavao2 bȉo bi otkopavao2 bȉo bi otkopavao2 bíli bismo otkopavali2 bíli biste otkopavali2 bíli bi otkopavali2
imperative otkopavaj otkopavajmo otkopavajte
active past participle otkopavao m / otkopavala f / otkopavalo n otkopavali m / otkopavale f / otkopavala n
passive past participle otkopavan m / otkopavana f / otkopavano n otkopavani m / otkopavane f / otkopavana 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.