povjerovati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From po- +‎ vjerovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒʋjeroʋati/
  • Hyphenation: po‧vje‧ro‧va‧ti

Verb

pòvjerovati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вјеровати)

  1. (ambitransitive) to come to believe, trust [with u (+ accusative) or dative]
    teško je povjerovati u toit's really hard to believe it
    teško mi je povjerovati u toI find that hard to believe
    skoro sam ti povjerovao!you almost had me!

Conjugation

Conjugation of povjerovati
infinitive povjerovati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pòvjerovāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pòvjerujēm pòvjerujēš pòvjerujē pòvjerujēmo pòvjerujēte pòvjerujū
future future I pòvjerovat ću1
pòvjerovaću
pòvjerovat ćeš1
pòvjerovaćeš
pòvjerovat će1
pòvjerovaće
pòvjerovat ćemo1
pòvjerovaćemo
pòvjerovat ćete1
pòvjerovaćete
pòvjerovat ćē1
pòvjerovaće
future II bȕdēm pòvjerovao2 bȕdēš pòvjerovao2 bȕdē pòvjerovao2 bȕdēmo pòvjerovali2 bȕdēte pòvjerovali2 bȕdū pòvjerovali2
past perfect pòvjerovao sam2 pòvjerovao si2 pòvjerovao je2 pòvjerovali smo2 pòvjerovali ste2 pòvjerovali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pòvjerovao2 bȉo si pòvjerovao2 bȉo je pòvjerovao2 bíli smo pòvjerovali2 bíli ste pòvjerovali2 bíli su pòvjerovali2
aorist pòvjerovah pȍvjerovā pȍvjerovā pòvjerovasmo pòvjerovaste pòvjerovaše
conditional conditional I pòvjerovao bih2 pòvjerovao bi2 pòvjerovao bi2 pòvjerovali bismo2 pòvjerovali biste2 pòvjerovali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pòvjerovao2 bȉo bi pòvjerovao2 bȉo bi pòvjerovao2 bíli bismo pòvjerovali2 bíli biste pòvjerovali2 bíli bi pòvjerovali2
imperative pòvjerūj pòvjerūjmo pòvjerūjte
active past participle pòvjerovao m / pòvjerovala f / pòvjerovalo n pòvjerovali m / pòvjerovale f / pòvjerovala 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.

Daničić (1925:194-195 (Акценти у глагола §84.)) has original length in active past participle: pòvjerovāl-a/-o/etc. Other sources provide forms with shortened -a-. Cf. vjerovati.

References

  • povjerovati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Даничић, Ђуро (1925) Милан Решетар, editor, Српски акценти[1], Београд-Земун: Српска краљевска академија