hrvati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rъvati with prothetic initial h-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xr̂ʋati/
  • Hyphenation: hr‧va‧ti

Verb

hȑvati impf (Cyrillic spelling хр̏вати)

  1. (reflexive, sports) to wrestle
  2. (reflexive) to struggle (with difficulties)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrvati
infinitive hrvati
present verbal adverb hȑvajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun hr̀vānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present hrvam hrvaš hrva hrvamo hrvate hrvaju
future future I hrvat ću1
hrvaću
hrvat ćeš1
hrvaćeš
hrvat će1
hrvaće
hrvat ćemo1
hrvaćemo
hrvat ćete1
hrvaćete
hrvat ćē1
hrvaće
future II bȕdēm hrvao2 bȕdēš hrvao2 bȕdē hrvao2 bȕdēmo hrvali2 bȕdēte hrvali2 bȕdū hrvali2
past perfect hrvao sam2 hrvao si2 hrvao je2 hrvali smo2 hrvali ste2 hrvali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam hrvao2 bȉo si hrvao2 bȉo je hrvao2 bíli smo hrvali2 bíli ste hrvali2 bíli su hrvali2
imperfect hrvah hrvaše hrvaše hrvasmo hrvaste hrvahu
conditional conditional I hrvao bih2 hrvao bi2 hrvao bi2 hrvali bismo2 hrvali biste2 hrvali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih hrvao2 bȉo bi hrvao2 bȉo bi hrvao2 bíli bismo hrvali2 bíli biste hrvali2 bíli bi hrvali2
imperative hrvaj hrvajmo hrvajte
active past participle hrvao m / hrvala f / hrvalo n hrvali m / hrvale f / hrvala 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.

References

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