zadati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zadati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎdati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧da‧ti

Verb

zàdati pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀дати)

  1. (transitive) to assign, give (an assignment or duty)
  2. (transitive) to cause (pain, trouble, worry)
    zadati udaracto deliver a blow
    zadati ranuto inflict a wound

Conjugation

Conjugation of zadati
infinitive zadati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zàdāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zadam zadaš zada zadamo zadate zadaju
future future I zadat ću1
zadaću
zadat ćeš1
zadaćeš
zadat će1
zadaće
zadat ćemo1
zadaćemo
zadat ćete1
zadaćete
zadat ćē1
zadaće
future II bȕdēm zadao2 bȕdēš zadao2 bȕdē zadao2 bȕdēmo zadali2 bȕdēte zadali2 bȕdū zadali2
past perfect zadao sam2 zadao si2 zadao je2 zadali smo2 zadali ste2 zadali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zadao2 bȉo si zadao2 bȉo je zadao2 bíli smo zadali2 bíli ste zadali2 bíli su zadali2
aorist zadadoh zadade zadade zadadosmo zadadoste zadadoše
conditional conditional I zadao bih2 zadao bi2 zadao bi2 zadali bismo2 zadali biste2 zadali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zadao2 bȉo bi zadao2 bȉo bi zadao2 bíli bismo zadali2 bíli biste zadali2 bíli bi zadali2
imperative zadaj zadajmo zadajte
active past participle zadao m / zadala f / zadalo n zadali m / zadale f / zadala n
passive past participle zadan m / zadana f / zadano n zadani m / zadane f / zadana 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

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