protjecati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prǒtjet͡sati/

Verb

pròtjecati impf (Cyrillic spelling про̀тјецати)

  1. (intransitive) to flow through (usually of moving water, but also of blood or any liquid)
  2. (intransitive) to pass, elapse (of time)

Conjugation

Conjugation of protjecati
infinitive protjecati
present verbal adverb pròtječūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun pròtjecānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present protječem protječeš protječe protječemo protječete protječu
future future I protjecat ću1
protjecaću
protjecat ćeš1
protjecaćeš
protjecat će1
protjecaće
protjecat ćemo1
protjecaćemo
protjecat ćete1
protjecaćete
protjecat ćē1
protjecaće
future II bȕdēm protjecao2 bȕdēš protjecao2 bȕdē protjecao2 bȕdēmo protjecali2 bȕdēte protjecali2 bȕdū protjecali2
past perfect protjecao sam2 protjecao si2 protjecao je2 protjecali smo2 protjecali ste2 protjecali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam protjecao2 bȉo si protjecao2 bȉo je protjecao2 bíli smo protjecali2 bíli ste protjecali2 bíli su protjecali2
imperfect protjecah protjecaše protjecaše protjecasmo protjecaste protjecahu
conditional conditional I protjecao bih2 protjecao bi2 protjecao bi2 protjecali bismo2 protjecali biste2 protjecali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih protjecao2 bȉo bi protjecao2 bȉo bi protjecao2 bíli bismo protjecali2 bíli biste protjecali2 bíli bi protjecali2
imperative protječi protječimo protječite
active past participle protjecao m / protjecala f / protjecalo n protjecali m / protjecale f / protjecala n
passive past participle protjecan m / protjecana f / protjecano n protjecani m / protjecane f / protjecana 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.

Further reading

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