smirivati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smirǐːʋati/
• Hyphenation: smi‧ri‧va‧ti

Verb

smirívati impf (Cyrillic spelling смири́вати)

1. (transitive) to calm, soothe, pacify
2. (reflexive) to calm down

Conjugation

Conjugation of smirivati

Infinitive: smirivati		Present verbal adverb: smìrujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: smirívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smirujem	smiruješ	smiruje	smirujemo	smirujete	smiruju
Future	Future I	smirivat ću1 smirivaću	smirivat ćeš1 smirivaćeš	smirivat će1 smirivaće	smirivat ćemo1 smirivaćemo	smirivat ćete1 smirivaćete	smirivat će1 smirivaće
	Future II	bȕdēm smirivao2	bȕdēš smirivao2	bȕdē smirivao2	bȕdēmo smirivali2	bȕdēte smirivali2	bȕdū smirivali2
Past	Perfect	smirivao sam2	smirivao si2	smirivao je2	smirivali smo2	smirivali ste2	smirivali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam smirivao2	bȉo si smirivao2	bȉo je smirivao2	bíli smo smirivali2	bíli ste smirivali2	bíli su smirivali2
	Imperfect	smirivah	smirivaše	smirivaše	smirivasmo	smirivaste	smirivahu
Conditional I		smirivao bih2	smirivao bi2	smirivao bi2	smirivali bismo2	smirivali biste2	smirivali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih smirivao2	bȉo bi smirivao2	bȉo bi smirivao2	bíli bismo smirivali2	bíli biste smirivali2	bíli bi smirivali2
Imperative		—	smiruj	—	smirujmo	smirujte	—
Active past participle		smirivao m / smirivala f / smirivalo n			smirivali m / smirivale f / smirivala n
Passive past participle		smirivan m / smirivana f / smirivano n			smirivani m / smirivane f / smirivana 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

• smíriti pf