promaknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pro- +‎ maknuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /promǎknuti/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧mak‧nu‧ti

Verb

promàknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling прома̀кнути)

  1. (transitive) to push through, stick through, pull through
  2. (transitive) to promote (employee)
    Ivan će biti promaknut zbog svoje marljivosti.
    Ivan will be promoted because of his diligence.
  3. (intransitive) to quickly pass by, go by, slip by
    Kako li je vrijeme tako brzo promaklo.
    How did the time pass by so quickly.
  4. (intransitive, dative) to miss (something inadvertently)
    Promakle su mi večernje vijesti jer sam bio u vrtu.
    I missed the evening news because I was in the garden.

Conjugation

Conjugation of promaknuti
infinitive promaknuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb promàknūvši / promàkāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present promaknem promakneš promakne promaknemo promaknete promaknu
future future I promaći ću promaći ćeš promaći će promaći ćemo promaći ćete promaći ćē
future II bȕdēm promaknuo/promakao2 bȕdēš promaknuo/promakao2 bȕdē promaknuo/promakao2 bȕdēmo promaknuli/promakli2 bȕdēte promaknuli/promakli2 bȕdū promaknuli/promakli2
past perfect promaknuo/promakao sam2 promaknuo/promakao si2 promaknuo/promakao je2 promaknuli/promakli smo2 promaknuli/promakli ste2 promaknuli/promakli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam promaknuo/promakao2 bȉo si promaknuo/promakao2 bȉo je promaknuo/promakao2 bíli smo promaknuli/promakli2 bíli ste promaknuli/promakli2 bíli su promaknuli/promakli2
aorist promaknuh / promakoh promaknu / promače promaknu / promače promaknusmo / promakosmo promaknuste / promakoste promaknuše / promakoše
conditional conditional I promaknuo/promakao bih2 promaknuo/promakao bi2 promaknuo/promakao bi2 promaknuli/promakli bismo2 promaknuli/promakli biste2 promaknuli/promakli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih promaknuo/promakao2 bȉo bi promaknuo/promakao2 bȉo bi promaknuo/promakao2 bíli bismo promaknuli/promakli2 bíli biste promaknuli/promakli2 bíli bi promaknuli/promakli2
imperative promakni promaknimo promaknite
active past participle promaknuo/promakao m / promaknula/promakla f / promaknulo/promaklo n promaknuli/promakli m / promaknule/promakle f / promaknula/promakla n
passive past participle promaknut m / promaknuta f / promaknuto n promaknuti m / promaknute f / promaknuta 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.

Further reading

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