zapovedati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zapovědati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zapoʋěːdati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧po‧ve‧da‧ti

Verb

zapovédati impf (Cyrillic spelling запове́дати)

  1. (intransitive) to order, command

Conjugation

Conjugation of zapovedati
infinitive zapovedati
present verbal adverb zapovédajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun zapovédānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zapovedam zapovedaš zapoveda zapovedamo zapovedate zapovedaju
future future I zapovedat ću1
zapovedaću
zapovedat ćeš1
zapovedaćeš
zapovedat će1
zapovedaće
zapovedat ćemo1
zapovedaćemo
zapovedat ćete1
zapovedaćete
zapovedat ćē1
zapovedaće
future II bȕdēm zapovedao2 bȕdēš zapovedao2 bȕdē zapovedao2 bȕdēmo zapovedali2 bȕdēte zapovedali2 bȕdū zapovedali2
past perfect zapovedao sam2 zapovedao si2 zapovedao je2 zapovedali smo2 zapovedali ste2 zapovedali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zapovedao2 bȉo si zapovedao2 bȉo je zapovedao2 bíli smo zapovedali2 bíli ste zapovedali2 bíli su zapovedali2
imperfect zapovedah zapovedaše zapovedaše zapovedasmo zapovedaste zapovedahu
conditional conditional I zapovedao bih2 zapovedao bi2 zapovedao bi2 zapovedali bismo2 zapovedali biste2 zapovedali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zapovedao2 bȉo bi zapovedao2 bȉo bi zapovedao2 bíli bismo zapovedali2 bíli biste zapovedali2 bíli bi zapovedali2
imperative zapovedaj zapovedajmo zapovedajte
active past participle zapovedao m / zapovedala f / zapovedalo n zapovedali m / zapovedale f / zapovedala n
passive past participle zapovedan m / zapovedana f / zapovedano n zapovedani m / zapovedane f / zapovedana 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.