prekopavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prekopǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ko‧pa‧va‧ti

Verb

prekopávati impf (Cyrillic spelling прекопа́вати)

  1. (transitive) to dig up (all over, across), to turn over the ground, to hove over
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to ransack, rake up, rummage

Conjugation

Conjugation of prekopavati
infinitive prekopavati
present verbal adverb prekopávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun prekopávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prekopavam prekopavaš prekopava prekopavamo prekopavate prekopavaju
future future I prekopavat ću1
prekopavaću
prekopavat ćeš1
prekopavaćeš
prekopavat će1
prekopavaće
prekopavat ćemo1
prekopavaćemo
prekopavat ćete1
prekopavaćete
prekopavat ćē1
prekopavaće
future II bȕdēm prekopavao2 bȕdēš prekopavao2 bȕdē prekopavao2 bȕdēmo prekopavali2 bȕdēte prekopavali2 bȕdū prekopavali2
past perfect prekopavao sam2 prekopavao si2 prekopavao je2 prekopavali smo2 prekopavali ste2 prekopavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prekopavao2 bȉo si prekopavao2 bȉo je prekopavao2 bíli smo prekopavali2 bíli ste prekopavali2 bíli su prekopavali2
imperfect prekopavah prekopavaše prekopavaše prekopavasmo prekopavaste prekopavahu
conditional conditional I prekopavao bih2 prekopavao bi2 prekopavao bi2 prekopavali bismo2 prekopavali biste2 prekopavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prekopavao2 bȉo bi prekopavao2 bȉo bi prekopavao2 bíli bismo prekopavali2 bíli biste prekopavali2 bíli bi prekopavali2
imperative prekopavaj prekopavajmo prekopavajte
active past participle prekopavao m / prekopavala f / prekopavalo n prekopavali m / prekopavale f / prekopavala n
passive past participle prekopavan m / prekopavana f / prekopavano n prekopavani m / prekopavane f / prekopavana 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.