primorati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pri- +‎ morati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /primǒːrati/
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo‧ra‧ti

Verb

primórati pf (Cyrillic spelling примо́рати)

  1. (transitive) to force, coerce

Conjugation

Conjugation of primorati
infinitive primorati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb primórāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present primoram primoraš primora primoramo primorate primoraju
future future I primorat ću1
primoraću
primorat ćeš1
primoraćeš
primorat će1
primoraće
primorat ćemo1
primoraćemo
primorat ćete1
primoraćete
primorat ćē1
primoraće
future II bȕdēm primorao2 bȕdēš primorao2 bȕdē primorao2 bȕdēmo primorali2 bȕdēte primorali2 bȕdū primorali2
past perfect primorao sam2 primorao si2 primorao je2 primorali smo2 primorali ste2 primorali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam primorao2 bȉo si primorao2 bȉo je primorao2 bíli smo primorali2 bíli ste primorali2 bíli su primorali2
aorist primorah primora primora primorasmo primoraste primoraše
conditional conditional I primorao bih2 primorao bi2 primorao bi2 primorali bismo2 primorali biste2 primorali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih primorao2 bȉo bi primorao2 bȉo bi primorao2 bíli bismo primorali2 bíli biste primorali2 bíli bi primorali2
imperative primoraj primorajmo primorajte
active past participle primorao m / primorala f / primoralo n primorali m / primorale f / primorala n
passive past participle primoran m / primorana f / primorano n primorani m / primorane f / primorana 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

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