šaptati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šьpъtati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃǎptati/
• Hyphenation: šap‧ta‧ti

Verb

šàptati impf (Cyrillic spelling ша̀птати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to whisper
2. (theater and television) to prompt

Conjugation

Conjugation of šaptati

Infinitive: šaptati		Present verbal adverb: šȁpćūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šàptānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šapćem	šapćeš	šapće	šapćemo	šapćete	šapću
Future	Future I	šaptat ću1 šaptaću	šaptat ćeš1 šaptaćeš	šaptat će1 šaptaće	šaptat ćemo1 šaptaćemo	šaptat ćete1 šaptaćete	šaptat će1 šaptaće
	Future II	bȕdēm šaptao2	bȕdēš šaptao2	bȕdē šaptao2	bȕdēmo šaptali2	bȕdēte šaptali2	bȕdū šaptali2
Past	Perfect	šaptao sam2	šaptao si2	šaptao je2	šaptali smo2	šaptali ste2	šaptali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam šaptao2	bȉo si šaptao2	bȉo je šaptao2	bíli smo šaptali2	bíli ste šaptali2	bíli su šaptali2
	Imperfect	šaptah	šaptaše	šaptaše	šaptasmo	šaptaste	šaptahu
Conditional I		šaptao bih2	šaptao bi2	šaptao bi2	šaptali bismo2	šaptali biste2	šaptali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih šaptao2	bȉo bi šaptao2	bȉo bi šaptao2	bíli bismo šaptali2	bíli biste šaptali2	bíli bi šaptali2
Imperative		—	šapći	—	šapćimo	šapćite	—
Active past participle		šaptao m / šaptala f / šaptalo n			šaptali m / šaptale f / šaptala 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

• šàpat m
• šàpnuti pf
• šapùtati impf