prokopavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prokopǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ko‧pa‧va‧ti

Verb

prokopávati impf (Cyrillic spelling прокопа́вати)

  1. (transitive) to dig (a tunnel) through, bore (burrow) through a passage

Conjugation

Conjugation of prokopavati
infinitive prokopavati
present verbal adverb prokopávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun prokopávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prokopavam prokopavaš prokopava prokopavamo prokopavate prokopavaju
future future I prokopavat ću1
prokopavaću
prokopavat ćeš1
prokopavaćeš
prokopavat će1
prokopavaće
prokopavat ćemo1
prokopavaćemo
prokopavat ćete1
prokopavaćete
prokopavat ćē1
prokopavaće
future II bȕdēm prokopavao2 bȕdēš prokopavao2 bȕdē prokopavao2 bȕdēmo prokopavali2 bȕdēte prokopavali2 bȕdū prokopavali2
past perfect prokopavao sam2 prokopavao si2 prokopavao je2 prokopavali smo2 prokopavali ste2 prokopavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prokopavao2 bȉo si prokopavao2 bȉo je prokopavao2 bíli smo prokopavali2 bíli ste prokopavali2 bíli su prokopavali2
imperfect prokopavah prokopavaše prokopavaše prokopavasmo prokopavaste prokopavahu
conditional conditional I prokopavao bih2 prokopavao bi2 prokopavao bi2 prokopavali bismo2 prokopavali biste2 prokopavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prokopavao2 bȉo bi prokopavao2 bȉo bi prokopavao2 bíli bismo prokopavali2 bíli biste prokopavali2 bíli bi prokopavali2
imperative prokopavaj prokopavajmo prokopavajte
active past participle prokopavao m / prokopavala f / prokopavalo n prokopavali m / prokopavale f / prokopavala n
passive past participle prokopavan m / prokopavana f / prokopavano n prokopavani m / prokopavane f / prokopavana 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.