šmrkati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• šmr̀ktati

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smъrkati. By surface analysis, šmrk +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃmřːkati/
• Hyphenation: šmr‧ka‧ti

Verb

šmŕkati impf (Cyrillic spelling шмр́кати)

1. (transitive) to sniff, snuff, snuffle

Conjugation

Conjugation of šmrkati

Infinitive: šmrkati		Present verbal adverb: šmŕčūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šmŕkānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šmrčem	šmrčeš	šmrče	šmrčemo	šmrčete	šmrču
Future	Future I	šmrkat ću1 šmrkaću	šmrkat ćeš1 šmrkaćeš	šmrkat će1 šmrkaće	šmrkat ćemo1 šmrkaćemo	šmrkat ćete1 šmrkaćete	šmrkat će1 šmrkaće
	Future II	bȕdēm šmrkao2	bȕdēš šmrkao2	bȕdē šmrkao2	bȕdēmo šmrkali2	bȕdēte šmrkali2	bȕdū šmrkali2
Past	Perfect	šmrkao sam2	šmrkao si2	šmrkao je2	šmrkali smo2	šmrkali ste2	šmrkali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam šmrkao2	bȉo si šmrkao2	bȉo je šmrkao2	bíli smo šmrkali2	bíli ste šmrkali2	bíli su šmrkali2
	Imperfect	šmrkah	šmrkaše	šmrkaše	šmrkasmo	šmrkaste	šmrkahu
Conditional I		šmrkao bih2	šmrkao bi2	šmrkao bi2	šmrkali bismo2	šmrkali biste2	šmrkali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih šmrkao2	bȉo bi šmrkao2	bȉo bi šmrkao2	bíli bismo šmrkali2	bíli biste šmrkali2	bíli bi šmrkali2
Imperative		—	šmrči	—	šmrčimo	šmrčite	—
Active past participle		šmrkao m / šmrkala f / šmrkalo n			šmrkali m / šmrkale f / šmrkala 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

• šmŕknuti pf

Further reading

• “šmrkati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024