otkrivati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /otkrǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: ot‧kri‧va‧ti

Verb

otkrívati impf (Cyrillic spelling откри́вати)

  1. (transitive) to uncover, bare
  2. (transitive) to discover
  3. (transitive) to reveal
  4. (transitive) to unveil

Conjugation

Conjugation of otkrivati
infinitive otkrivati
present verbal adverb otkrívajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun otkrívānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present otkrivam otkrivaš otkriva otkrivamo otkrivate otkrivaju
future future I otkrivat ću1
otkrivaću
otkrivat ćeš1
otkrivaćeš
otkrivat će1
otkrivaće
otkrivat ćemo1
otkrivaćemo
otkrivat ćete1
otkrivaćete
otkrivat ćē1
otkrivaće
future II bȕdēm otkrivao2 bȕdēš otkrivao2 bȕdē otkrivao2 bȕdēmo otkrivali2 bȕdēte otkrivali2 bȕdū otkrivali2
past perfect otkrivao sam2 otkrivao si2 otkrivao je2 otkrivali smo2 otkrivali ste2 otkrivali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam otkrivao2 bȉo si otkrivao2 bȉo je otkrivao2 bíli smo otkrivali2 bíli ste otkrivali2 bíli su otkrivali2
imperfect otkrivah otkrivaše otkrivaše otkrivasmo otkrivaste otkrivahu
conditional conditional I otkrivao bih2 otkrivao bi2 otkrivao bi2 otkrivali bismo2 otkrivali biste2 otkrivali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih otkrivao2 bȉo bi otkrivao2 bȉo bi otkrivao2 bíli bismo otkrivali2 bíli biste otkrivali2 bíli bi otkrivali2
imperative otkrivaj otkrivajmo otkrivajte
active past participle otkrivao m / otkrivala f / otkrivalo n otkrivali m / otkrivale f / otkrivala n
passive past participle otkrivan m / otkrivana f / otkrivano n otkrivani m / otkrivane f / otkrivana 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

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