šivati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃǐːʋati/
• Hyphenation: ši‧va‧ti

Verb

šívati impf (Cyrillic spelling ши́вати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sew, stitch
2. (transitive) to baste
3. (transitive) to suture
4. (transitive) to do needlework

Conjugation

Conjugation of šivati

Infinitive: šivati		Present verbal adverb: šívajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šivam	šivaš	šiva	šivamo	šivate	šivaju
Future	Future I	šivat ću1 šivaću	šivat ćeš1 šivaćeš	šivat će1 šivaće	šivat ćemo1 šivaćemo	šivat ćete1 šivaćete	šivat će1 šivaće
	Future II	bȕdēm šivao2	bȕdēš šivao2	bȕdē šivao2	bȕdēmo šivali2	bȕdēte šivali2	bȕdū šivali2
Past	Perfect	šivao sam2	šivao si2	šivao je2	šivali smo2	šivali ste2	šivali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam šivao2	bȉo si šivao2	bȉo je šivao2	bíli smo šivali2	bíli ste šivali2	bíli su šivali2
	Imperfect	šivah	šivaše	šivaše	šivasmo	šivaste	šivahu
Conditional I		šivao bih2	šivao bi2	šivao bi2	šivali bismo2	šivali biste2	šivali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih šivao2	bȉo bi šivao2	bȉo bi šivao2	bíli bismo šivali2	bíli biste šivali2	bíli bi šivali2
Imperative		—	šivaj	—	šivajmo	šivajte	—
Active past participle		šivao m / šivala f / šivalo n			šivali m / šivale f / šivala n
Passive past participle		šivan m / šivana f / šivano n			šivani m / šivane f / šivana 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

• šȉti impf
• sašȉti pf