kukati
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kukati.
Pronunciation
Verb
kȕkati impf (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кати)
- (intransitive) to lament, wail
- (intransitive) to complain, whine, moan
- (intransitive) to cuckoo
Conjugation
Conjugation of kukati
Infinitive: kukati | Present verbal adverb: kȕkajūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: kȕkānje | ||||
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Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
Present | kukam | kukaš | kuka | kukamo | kukate | kukaju | |
Future | Future I | kukat ću1 kukaću |
kukat ćeš1 kukaćeš |
kukat će1 kukaće |
kukat ćemo1 kukaćemo |
kukat ćete1 kukaćete |
kukat će1 kukaće |
Future II | bȕdēm kukao2 | bȕdēš kukao2 | bȕdē kukao2 | bȕdēmo kukali2 | bȕdēte kukali2 | bȕdū kukali2 | |
Past | Perfect | kukao sam2 | kukao si2 | kukao je2 | kukali smo2 | kukali ste2 | kukali su2 |
Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam kukao2 | bȉo si kukao2 | bȉo je kukao2 | bíli smo kukali2 | bíli ste kukali2 | bíli su kukali2 | |
Imperfect | kukah | kukaše | kukaše | kukasmo | kukaste | kukahu | |
Conditional I | kukao bih2 | kukao bi2 | kukao bi2 | kukali bismo2 | kukali biste2 | kukali bi2 | |
Conditional II4 | bȉo bih kukao2 | bȉo bi kukao2 | bȉo bi kukao2 | bíli bismo kukali2 | bíli biste kukali2 | bíli bi kukali2 | |
Imperative | — | kukaj | — | kukajmo | kukajte | — | |
Active past participle | kukao m / kukala f / kukalo n | kukali m / kukale f / kukala 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.
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