brukati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brukati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brûkati/
  • Hyphenation: bru‧ka‧ti

Verb

brȕkati impf (Cyrillic spelling бру̏кати)

  1. (transitive) to shame, humiliate, bring disgrace

Conjugation

Conjugation of brukati
infinitive brukati
present verbal adverb brȕkajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun brȕkānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present brukam brukaš bruka brukamo brukate brukaju
future future I brukat ću1
brukaću
brukat ćeš1
brukaćeš
brukat će1
brukaće
brukat ćemo1
brukaćemo
brukat ćete1
brukaćete
brukat ćē1
brukaće
future II bȕdēm brukao2 bȕdēš brukao2 bȕdē brukao2 bȕdēmo brukali2 bȕdēte brukali2 bȕdū brukali2
past perfect brukao sam2 brukao si2 brukao je2 brukali smo2 brukali ste2 brukali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam brukao2 bȉo si brukao2 bȉo je brukao2 bíli smo brukali2 bíli ste brukali2 bíli su brukali2
imperfect brukah brukaše brukaše brukasmo brukaste brukahu
conditional conditional I brukao bih2 brukao bi2 brukao bi2 brukali bismo2 brukali biste2 brukali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih brukao2 bȉo bi brukao2 bȉo bi brukao2 bíli bismo brukali2 bíli biste brukali2 bíli bi brukali2
imperative brukaj brukajmo brukajte
active past participle brukao m / brukala f / brukalo n brukali m / brukale f / brukala n
passive past participle brukan m / brukana f / brukano n brukani m / brukane f / brukana 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.

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