pokazati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ kázati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pokǎːzati/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ka‧za‧ti

Verb

pokázati pf (Cyrillic spelling пока́зати)

  1. (ambitransitive) to show, demonstrate
  2. (ambitransitive) to point (with arm, finger etc.)
  3. (reflexive) to appear

Conjugation

Conjugation of pokazati
infinitive pokazati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pokázāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pokažem pokažeš pokaže pokažemo pokažete pokažu
future future I pokazat ću1
pokazaću
pokazat ćeš1
pokazaćeš
pokazat će1
pokazaće
pokazat ćemo1
pokazaćemo
pokazat ćete1
pokazaćete
pokazat ćē1
pokazaće
future II bȕdēm pokazao2 bȕdēš pokazao2 bȕdē pokazao2 bȕdēmo pokazali2 bȕdēte pokazali2 bȕdū pokazali2
past perfect pokazao sam2 pokazao si2 pokazao je2 pokazali smo2 pokazali ste2 pokazali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pokazao2 bȉo si pokazao2 bȉo je pokazao2 bíli smo pokazali2 bíli ste pokazali2 bíli su pokazali2
aorist pokazah pokaza pokaza pokazasmo pokazaste pokazaše
conditional conditional I pokazao bih2 pokazao bi2 pokazao bi2 pokazali bismo2 pokazali biste2 pokazali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pokazao2 bȉo bi pokazao2 bȉo bi pokazao2 bíli bismo pokazali2 bíli biste pokazali2 bíli bi pokazali2
imperative pokaži pokažimo pokažite
active past participle pokazao m / pokazala f / pokazalo n pokazali m / pokazale f / pokazala n
passive past participle pokazan m / pokazana f / pokazano n pokazani m / pokazane f / pokazana 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

From po- +‎ kázati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔkàːzati/, /pɔkazàːti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ka‧za‧ti

Verb

pokázati or pokazáti pf

  1. (ambitransitive) to show, demonstrate
  2. (ambitransitive) to point (with arm, finger etc.)

Conjugation

-Cati -Cjem (AP b)
infinitive pokázati, pokazáti
1st singular pokážem
infinitive pokázati, pokazáti pokazat
supine pokázat
verbal noun pokázanje, pokazȃnje
participle converb
present
past pokázan
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular pokázał pokazȃla pokazálo
dual pokazála pokazáli pokazáli
plural pokazáli pokazále pokazála
present imperative
1st singular pokážem
2nd singular pokážeš pokáži
3rd singular pokáže
1st dual pokáževa pokáživa, pokažȋva
2nd dual pokážeta pokážita, pokažȋta
3rd dual pokážeta
1st plural pokážemo pokážimo, pokažȋmo
2nd plural pokážete pokážite, pokažȋte
3rd plural pokážejo

Further reading

  • pokazati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • pokazati”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references