kraćati

See also: kracati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From kràtak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krǎt͡ɕati/
• Hyphenation: kra‧ća‧ti

Verb

kràćati impf (Cyrillic spelling кра̀ћати)

1. (intransitive) to grow shorter, get shorter

Conjugation

Conjugation of kraćati

Infinitive: kraćati		Present verbal adverb: kràćajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kràćānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kraćam	kraćaš	kraća	kraćamo	kraćate	kraćaju
Future	Future I	kraćat ću1 kraćaću	kraćat ćeš1 kraćaćeš	kraćat će1 kraćaće	kraćat ćemo1 kraćaćemo	kraćat ćete1 kraćaćete	kraćat će1 kraćaće
	Future II	bȕdēm kraćao2	bȕdēš kraćao2	bȕdē kraćao2	bȕdēmo kraćali2	bȕdēte kraćali2	bȕdū kraćali2
Past	Perfect	kraćao sam2	kraćao si2	kraćao je2	kraćali smo2	kraćali ste2	kraćali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam kraćao2	bȉo si kraćao2	bȉo je kraćao2	bíli smo kraćali2	bíli ste kraćali2	bíli su kraćali2
	Imperfect	kraćah	kraćaše	kraćaše	kraćasmo	kraćaste	kraćahu
Conditional I		kraćao bih2	kraćao bi2	kraćao bi2	kraćali bismo2	kraćali biste2	kraćali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih kraćao2	bȉo bi kraćao2	bȉo bi kraćao2	bíli bismo kraćali2	bíli biste kraćali2	bíli bi kraćali2
Imperative		—	kraćaj	—	kraćajmo	kraćajte	—
Active past participle		kraćao m / kraćala f / kraćalo n			kraćali m / kraćale f / kraćala 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

• “kraćati” in Hrvatski jezični portal