preotimati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preǒtimati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧o‧ti‧ma‧ti

Verb

preòtimati impf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀тимати)

1. (transitive) to kidnap back, to take back what was kidnapped from oneself.
2. (transitive) to hijack (forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination)

Conjugation

Conjugation of preotimati

Infinitive: preotimati		Present verbal adverb: preòtimajūći / preòtimljūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: preòtimānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		preotimam	preotimaš	preotima	preotimamo	preotimate	preotimaju
Future	Future I	preotimat ću1 preotimaću	preotimat ćeš1 preotimaćeš	preotimat će1 preotimaće	preotimat ćemo1 preotimaćemo	preotimat ćete1 preotimaćete	preotimat će1 preotimaće
	Future II	bȕdēm preotimao2	bȕdēš preotimao2	bȕdē preotimao2	bȕdēmo preotimali2	bȕdēte preotimali2	bȕdū preotimali2
Past	Perfect	preotimao sam2	preotimao si2	preotimao je2	preotimali smo2	preotimali ste2	preotimali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam preotimao2	bȉo si preotimao2	bȉo je preotimao2	bíli smo preotimali2	bíli ste preotimali2	bíli su preotimali2
	Imperfect	preotimah	preotimaše	preotimaše	preotimasmo	preotimaste	preotimahu
Conditional I		preotimao bih2	preotimao bi2	preotimao bi2	preotimali bismo2	preotimali biste2	preotimali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih preotimao2	bȉo bi preotimao2	bȉo bi preotimao2	bíli bismo preotimali2	bíli biste preotimali2	bíli bi preotimali2
Imperative		—	preotimaj	—	preotimajmo	preotimajte	—
Active past participle		preotimao m / preotimala f / preotimalo n			preotimali m / preotimale f / preotimala n
Passive past participle		preotiman m / preotimana f / preotimano n			preotimani m / preotimane f / preotimana 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

• preòtēti pf