ovladavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ovladávati impf (Cyrillic spelling овлада́вати)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of ovladavati
infinitive ovladavati
present verbal adverb ovladávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ovladávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ovladavam ovladavaš ovladava ovladavamo ovladavate ovladavaju
future future I ovladavat ću1
ovladavaću
ovladavat ćeš1
ovladavaćeš
ovladavat će1
ovladavaće
ovladavat ćemo1
ovladavaćemo
ovladavat ćete1
ovladavaćete
ovladavat ćē1
ovladavaće
future II bȕdēm ovladavao2 bȕdēš ovladavao2 bȕdē ovladavao2 bȕdēmo ovladavali2 bȕdēte ovladavali2 bȕdū ovladavali2
past perfect ovladavao sam2 ovladavao si2 ovladavao je2 ovladavali smo2 ovladavali ste2 ovladavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ovladavao2 bȉo si ovladavao2 bȉo je ovladavao2 bíli smo ovladavali2 bíli ste ovladavali2 bíli su ovladavali2
imperfect ovladavah ovladavaše ovladavaše ovladavasmo ovladavaste ovladavahu
conditional conditional I ovladavao bih2 ovladavao bi2 ovladavao bi2 ovladavali bismo2 ovladavali biste2 ovladavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ovladavao2 bȉo bi ovladavao2 bȉo bi ovladavao2 bíli bismo ovladavali2 bíli biste ovladavali2 bíli bi ovladavali2
imperative ovladavaj ovladavajmo ovladavajte
active past participle ovladavao m / ovladavala f / ovladavalo n ovladavali m / ovladavale f / ovladavala n
passive past participle ovladavan m / ovladavana f / ovladavano n ovladavani m / ovladavane f / ovladavana 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

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