hrvati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• r̀vati

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rъvati with prothetic initial h-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xr̂ʋati/
• Hyphenation: hr‧va‧ti

Verb

hȑvati impf (Cyrillic spelling хр̏вати)

1. (reflexive, sports) to wrestle
2. (reflexive) to struggle (with difficulties)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrvati

Infinitive: hrvati		Present verbal adverb: hȑvajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: hr̀vānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		hrvam	hrvaš	hrva	hrvamo	hrvate	hrvaju
Future	Future I	hrvat ću1 hrvaću	hrvat ćeš1 hrvaćeš	hrvat će1 hrvaće	hrvat ćemo1 hrvaćemo	hrvat ćete1 hrvaćete	hrvat će1 hrvaće
	Future II	bȕdēm hrvao2	bȕdēš hrvao2	bȕdē hrvao2	bȕdēmo hrvali2	bȕdēte hrvali2	bȕdū hrvali2
Past	Perfect	hrvao sam2	hrvao si2	hrvao je2	hrvali smo2	hrvali ste2	hrvali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam hrvao2	bȉo si hrvao2	bȉo je hrvao2	bíli smo hrvali2	bíli ste hrvali2	bíli su hrvali2
	Imperfect	hrvah	hrvaše	hrvaše	hrvasmo	hrvaste	hrvahu
Conditional I		hrvao bih2	hrvao bi2	hrvao bi2	hrvali bismo2	hrvali biste2	hrvali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih hrvao2	bȉo bi hrvao2	bȉo bi hrvao2	bíli bismo hrvali2	bíli biste hrvali2	bíli bi hrvali2
Imperative		—	hrvaj	—	hrvajmo	hrvajte	—
Active past participle		hrvao m / hrvala f / hrvalo n			hrvali m / hrvale f / hrvala 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

• “hrvati” in Hrvatski jezični portal