napinjati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napinati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎpiɲati/
  • Hyphenation: na‧pi‧nja‧ti

Verb

nàpinjati impf (Cyrillic spelling на̀пињати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to tighten, tense, strain

Conjugation

Conjugation of napinjati
infinitive napinjati
present verbal adverb nàpinjūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun nàpinjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present napinjem napinješ napinje napinjemo napinjete napinju
future future I napinjat ću1
napinjaću
napinjat ćeš1
napinjaćeš
napinjat će1
napinjaće
napinjat ćemo1
napinjaćemo
napinjat ćete1
napinjaćete
napinjat ćē1
napinjaće
future II bȕdēm napinjao2 bȕdēš napinjao2 bȕdē napinjao2 bȕdēmo napinjali2 bȕdēte napinjali2 bȕdū napinjali2
past perfect napinjao sam2 napinjao si2 napinjao je2 napinjali smo2 napinjali ste2 napinjali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam napinjao2 bȉo si napinjao2 bȉo je napinjao2 bíli smo napinjali2 bíli ste napinjali2 bíli su napinjali2
imperfect napinjah napinjaše napinjaše napinjasmo napinjaste napinjahu
conditional conditional I napinjao bih2 napinjao bi2 napinjao bi2 napinjali bismo2 napinjali biste2 napinjali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih napinjao2 bȉo bi napinjao2 bȉo bi napinjao2 bíli bismo napinjali2 bíli biste napinjali2 bíli bi napinjali2
imperative napinji napinjimo napinjite
active past participle napinjao m / napinjala f / napinjalo n napinjali m / napinjale f / napinjala n
passive past participle napinjan m / napinjana f / napinjano n napinjani m / napinjane f / napinjana 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.