spavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See Serbo-Croatian spati impf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spǎːʋati/
• Hyphenation: spa‧va‧ti

Verb

spávati impf (Cyrillic spelling спа́вати)

1. (intransitive) to sleep
2. (intransitive, formally) to have sex (+ s, sa (“with”) + instrumental)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spavati

Infinitive: spavati		Present verbal adverb: spávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: spávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		spavam	spavaš	spava	spavamo	spavate	spavaju
Future	Future I	spavat ću1 spavaću	spavat ćeš1 spavaćeš	spavat će1 spavaće	spavat ćemo1 spavaćemo	spavat ćete1 spavaćete	spavat će1 spavaće
	Future II	bȕdēm spavao2	bȕdēš spavao2	bȕdē spavao2	bȕdēmo spavali2	bȕdēte spavali2	bȕdū spavali2
Past	Perfect	spavao sam2	spavao si2	spavao je2	spavali smo2	spavali ste2	spavali su2
	Pluperfect3	bio sam spavao2	bio si spavao2	bio je spavao2	bili smo spavali2	bili ste spavali2	bili su spavali2
	Imperfect	spavah	spavaše	spavaše	spavasmo	spavaste	spavahu
Conditional I		spavao bih2	spavao bi2	spavao bi2	spavali bismo2	spavali biste2	spavali bi2
Conditional II4		bio bih spavao2	bio bi spavao2	bio bi spavao2	bili bismo spavali2	bili biste spavali2	bili bi spavali2
Imperative		—	spavaj	—	spavajmo	spavajte	—
Active past participle		spavao m / spavala f / spavalo n			spavali m / spavale f / spavala 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 have nowadays fallen into disuse in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• prespávati
• prospávati
• uspávati