snifati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English sniff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snîfati/
• Hyphenation: sni‧fa‧ti

Verb

snȉfati impf (Cyrillic spelling сни̏фати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sniff

   Synonyms: ùdisati, njȕšiti

Conjugation

Conjugation of snifati

Infinitive: snifati		Present verbal adverb: snȉfajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: snȉfānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		snifam	snifaš	snifa	snifamo	snifate	snifaju
Future	Future I	snifat ću1 snifaću	snifat ćeš1 snifaćeš	snifat će1 snifaće	snifat ćemo1 snifaćemo	snifat ćete1 snifaćete	snifat će1 snifaće
	Future II	bȕdēm snifao2	bȕdēš snifao2	bȕdē snifao2	bȕdēmo snifali2	bȕdēte snifali2	bȕdū snifali2
Past	Perfect	snifao sam2	snifao si2	snifao je2	snifali smo2	snifali ste2	snifali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam snifao2	bȉo si snifao2	bȉo je snifao2	bíli smo snifali2	bíli ste snifali2	bíli su snifali2
Conditional I		snifao bih2	snifao bi2	snifao bi2	snifali bismo2	snifali biste2	snifali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih snifao2	bȉo bi snifao2	bȉo bi snifao2	bíli bismo snifali2	bíli biste snifali2	bíli bi snifali2
Imperative		—	snifaj	—	snifajmo	snifajte	—
Active past participle		snifao m / snifala f / snifalo n			snifali m / snifale f / snifala 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.