ovladati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ vladati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oʋlǎːdati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧vla‧da‧ti

Verb

ovládati pf (Cyrillic spelling овла́дати)

  1. (intransitive) to establish control over something; to control (+instrumental)
  2. (intransitive) to master (technique, process, language etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ovladati
infinitive ovladati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb ovládāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ovladam ovladaš ovlada ovladamo ovladate ovladaju
future future I ovladat ću1
ovladaću
ovladat ćeš1
ovladaćeš
ovladat će1
ovladaće
ovladat ćemo1
ovladaćemo
ovladat ćete1
ovladaćete
ovladat ćē1
ovladaće
future II bȕdēm ovladao2 bȕdēš ovladao2 bȕdē ovladao2 bȕdēmo ovladali2 bȕdēte ovladali2 bȕdū ovladali2
past perfect ovladao sam2 ovladao si2 ovladao je2 ovladali smo2 ovladali ste2 ovladali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ovladao2 bȉo si ovladao2 bȉo je ovladao2 bíli smo ovladali2 bíli ste ovladali2 bíli su ovladali2
aorist ovladah ovlada ovlada ovladasmo ovladaste ovladaše
conditional conditional I ovladao bih2 ovladao bi2 ovladao bi2 ovladali bismo2 ovladali biste2 ovladali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ovladao2 bȉo bi ovladao2 bȉo bi ovladao2 bíli bismo ovladali2 bíli biste ovladali2 bíli bi ovladali2
imperative ovladaj ovladajmo ovladajte
active past participle ovladao m / ovladala f / ovladalo n ovladali m / ovladale f / ovladala n
passive past participle ovladan m / ovladana f / ovladano n ovladani m / ovladane f / ovladana 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

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