smirivati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smirǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: smi‧ri‧va‧ti

Verb

smirívati impf (Cyrillic spelling смири́вати)

  1. (transitive) to calm, soothe, pacify
  2. (reflexive) to calm down

Conjugation

Conjugation of smirivati
infinitive smirivati
present verbal adverb smìrujūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun smirívānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present smirujem smiruješ smiruje smirujemo smirujete smiruju
future future I smirivat ću1
smirivaću
smirivat ćeš1
smirivaćeš
smirivat će1
smirivaće
smirivat ćemo1
smirivaćemo
smirivat ćete1
smirivaćete
smirivat ćē1
smirivaće
future II bȕdēm smirivao2 bȕdēš smirivao2 bȕdē smirivao2 bȕdēmo smirivali2 bȕdēte smirivali2 bȕdū smirivali2
past perfect smirivao sam2 smirivao si2 smirivao je2 smirivali smo2 smirivali ste2 smirivali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam smirivao2 bȉo si smirivao2 bȉo je smirivao2 bíli smo smirivali2 bíli ste smirivali2 bíli su smirivali2
imperfect smirivah smirivaše smirivaše smirivasmo smirivaste smirivahu
conditional conditional I smirivao bih2 smirivao bi2 smirivao bi2 smirivali bismo2 smirivali biste2 smirivali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih smirivao2 bȉo bi smirivao2 bȉo bi smirivao2 bíli bismo smirivali2 bíli biste smirivali2 bíli bi smirivali2
imperative smiruj smirujmo smirujte
active past participle smirivao m / smirivala f / smirivalo n smirivali m / smirivale f / smirivala n
passive past participle smirivan m / smirivana f / smirivano n smirivani m / smirivane f / smirivana 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.