ludovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From lȗd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ludǒʋati/
Hyphenation: lu‧do‧va‧ti

Verb

ludòvati impf (Cyrillic spelling лудо̀вати)

(intransitive) to romp, behave foolishly
ludovati za nekim/nečim ― to be crazy about somebody/something

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ludovati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		ludovati
present verbal adverb		lùdujūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		ludòvānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		ludujem	luduješ	luduje	ludujemo	ludujete	luduju
future	future I	ludovat ću¹ ludovaću	ludovat ćeš¹ ludovaćeš	ludovat će¹ ludovaće	ludovat ćemo¹ ludovaćemo	ludovat ćete¹ ludovaćete	ludovat ćē¹ ludovaće
future	future II	bȕdēm ludovao²	bȕdēš ludovao²	bȕdē ludovao²	bȕdēmo ludovali²	bȕdēte ludovali²	bȕdū ludovali²
past	perfect	ludovao sam²	ludovao si²	ludovao je²	ludovali smo²	ludovali ste²	ludovali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam ludovao²	bȉo si ludovao²	bȉo je ludovao²	bíli smo ludovali²	bíli ste ludovali²	bíli su ludovali²
	imperfect	ludovah	ludovaše	ludovaše	ludovasmo	ludovaste	ludovahu
conditional	conditional I	ludovao bih²	ludovao bi²	ludovao bi²	ludovali bismo²	ludovali biste²	ludovali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih ludovao²	bȉo bi ludovao²	bȉo bi ludovao²	bíli bismo ludovali²	bíli biste ludovali²	bíli bi ludovali²
imperative		—	luduj	—	ludujmo	ludujte	—
active past participle		ludovao m / ludovala f / ludovalo n			ludovali m / ludovale f / ludovala 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

“ludovati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025