potrčati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ trčati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potř̩t͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: po‧tr‧ča‧ti

Verb

potr̀čati pf (Cyrillic spelling потр̀чати)

1. (intransitive) to start running

Conjugation

Conjugation of potrčati

Infinitive: potrčati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: potr̀čāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		potrčim	potrčiš	potrči	potrčimo	potrčite	potrče
Future	Future I	potrčat ću1 potrčaću	potrčat ćeš1 potrčaćeš	potrčat će1 potrčaće	potrčat ćemo1 potrčaćemo	potrčat ćete1 potrčaćete	potrčat će1 potrčaće
	Future II	bȕdēm potrčao2	bȕdēš potrčao2	bȕdē potrčao2	bȕdēmo potrčali2	bȕdēte potrčali2	bȕdū potrčali2
Past	Perfect	potrčao sam2	potrčao si2	potrčao je2	potrčali smo2	potrčali ste2	potrčali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam potrčao2	bȉo si potrčao2	bȉo je potrčao2	bíli smo potrčali2	bíli ste potrčali2	bíli su potrčali2
	Aorist	potrčah	potrča	potrča	potrčasmo	potrčaste	potrčaše
Conditional I		potrčao bih2	potrčao bi2	potrčao bi2	potrčali bismo2	potrčali biste2	potrčali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih potrčao2	bȉo bi potrčao2	bȉo bi potrčao2	bíli bismo potrčali2	bíli biste potrčali2	bíli bi potrčali2
Imperative		—	potrči	—	potrčimo	potrčite	—
Active past participle		potrčao m / potrčala f / potrčalo n			potrčali m / potrčale f / potrčala 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.

Related terms

• tr̀čati impf