zapošljavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zapoʃʎǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧po‧šlja‧va‧ti

Verb

zapošljávati impf (Cyrillic spelling запошља́вати)

  1. (transitive) to employ, hire
  2. (reflexive) to get a job

Conjugation

Conjugation of zapošljavati
infinitive zapošljavati
present verbal adverb zapošljávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun zapošljávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zapošljavam zapošljavaš zapošljava zapošljavamo zapošljavate zapošljavaju
future future I zapošljavat ću1
zapošljavaću
zapošljavat ćeš1
zapošljavaćeš
zapošljavat će1
zapošljavaće
zapošljavat ćemo1
zapošljavaćemo
zapošljavat ćete1
zapošljavaćete
zapošljavat ćē1
zapošljavaće
future II bȕdēm zapošljavao2 bȕdēš zapošljavao2 bȕdē zapošljavao2 bȕdēmo zapošljavali2 bȕdēte zapošljavali2 bȕdū zapošljavali2
past perfect zapošljavao sam2 zapošljavao si2 zapošljavao je2 zapošljavali smo2 zapošljavali ste2 zapošljavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zapošljavao2 bȉo si zapošljavao2 bȉo je zapošljavao2 bíli smo zapošljavali2 bíli ste zapošljavali2 bíli su zapošljavali2
imperfect zapošljavah zapošljavaše zapošljavaše zapošljavasmo zapošljavaste zapošljavahu
conditional conditional I zapošljavao bih2 zapošljavao bi2 zapošljavao bi2 zapošljavali bismo2 zapošljavali biste2 zapošljavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zapošljavao2 bȉo bi zapošljavao2 bȉo bi zapošljavao2 bíli bismo zapošljavali2 bíli biste zapošljavali2 bíli bi zapošljavali2
imperative zapošljavaj zapošljavajmo zapošljavajte
active past participle zapošljavao m / zapošljavala f / zapošljavalo n zapošljavali m / zapošljavale f / zapošljavala n
passive past participle zapošljavan m / zapošljavana f / zapošljavano n zapošljavani m / zapošljavane f / zapošljavana 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

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