pokušati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ kušati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒkuʃati/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ku‧ša‧ti

Verb

pòkušati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀кушати)

  1. (intransitive) to try, attempt
    Synonym: probati

Conjugation

Conjugation of pokušati
infinitive pokušati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pòkušāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pokušam pokušaš pokuša pokušamo pokušate pokušaju
future future I pokušat ću1
pokušaću
pokušat ćeš1
pokušaćeš
pokušat će1
pokušaće
pokušat ćemo1
pokušaćemo
pokušat ćete1
pokušaćete
pokušat ćē1
pokušaće
future II bȕdēm pokušao2 bȕdēš pokušao2 bȕdē pokušao2 bȕdēmo pokušali2 bȕdēte pokušali2 bȕdū pokušali2
past perfect pokušao sam2 pokušao si2 pokušao je2 pokušali smo2 pokušali ste2 pokušali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pokušao2 bȉo si pokušao2 bȉo je pokušao2 bíli smo pokušali2 bíli ste pokušali2 bíli su pokušali2
aorist pokušah pokuša pokuša pokušasmo pokušaste pokušaše
conditional conditional I pokušao bih2 pokušao bi2 pokušao bi2 pokušali bismo2 pokušali biste2 pokušali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pokušao2 bȉo bi pokušao2 bȉo bi pokušao2 bíli bismo pokušali2 bíli biste pokušali2 bíli bi pokušali2
imperative pokušaj pokušajmo pokušajte
active past participle pokušao m / pokušala f / pokušalo n pokušali m / pokušale f / pokušala 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

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