čučati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čučati (Bulgarian чуча (čuča), Czech čučet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǔːt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: ču‧ča‧ti

Verb

čúčati impf (Cyrillic spelling чу́чати)

1. (intransitive) to squat
2. (intransitive) to crouch
3. (intransitive, derogatory, ironically) to loiter

Conjugation

Conjugation of čučati

Infinitive: čučati		Present verbal adverb: čúčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čúčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čučim	čučiš	čuči	čučimo	čučite	čuče
Future	Future I	čučat ću1 čučaću	čučat ćeš1 čučaćeš	čučat će1 čučaće	čučat ćemo1 čučaćemo	čučat ćete1 čučaćete	čučat će1 čučaće
	Future II	bȕdēm čučao2	bȕdēš čučao2	bȕdē čučao2	bȕdēmo čučali2	bȕdēte čučali2	bȕdū čučali2
Past	Perfect	čučao sam2	čučao si2	čučao je2	čučali smo2	čučali ste2	čučali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam čučao2	bȉo si čučao2	bȉo je čučao2	bíli smo čučali2	bíli ste čučali2	bíli su čučali2
	Imperfect	čučah	čučaše	čučaše	čučasmo	čučaste	čučahu
Conditional I		čučao bih2	čučao bi2	čučao bi2	čučali bismo2	čučali biste2	čučali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih čučao2	bȉo bi čučao2	bȉo bi čučao2	bíli bismo čučali2	bíli biste čučali2	bíli bi čučali2
Imperative		—	čuči	—	čučimo	čučite	—
Active past participle		čučao m / čučala f / čučalo n			čučali m / čučale f / čučala 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

• čȕčnuti
• čučati na jajima

References

• “čučati” in Hrvatski jezični portal