brbljati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic, compare Slovene brbljati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bř̩bʎati/
Hyphenation: br‧blja‧ti

Verb

br̀bljati impf (Cyrillic spelling бр̀бљати)

(intransitive) to chatter, babble

Conjugation

Conjugation of brbljati

Infinitive: brbljati		Present verbal adverb: br̀bljajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: br̀bljānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brbljam	brbljaš	brblja	brbljamo	brbljate	brbljaju
Future	Future I	brbljat ću¹ brbljaću	brbljat ćeš¹ brbljaćeš	brbljat će¹ brbljaće	brbljat ćemo¹ brbljaćemo	brbljat ćete¹ brbljaćete	brbljat će¹ brbljaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm brbljao²	bȕdēš brbljao²	bȕdē brbljao²	bȕdēmo brbljali²	bȕdēte brbljali²	bȕdū brbljali²
Past	Perfect	brbljao sam²	brbljao si²	brbljao je²	brbljali smo²	brbljali ste²	brbljali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam brbljao²	bȉo si brbljao²	bȉo je brbljao²	bíli smo brbljali²	bíli ste brbljali²	bíli su brbljali²
	Imperfect	brbljah	brbljaše	brbljaše	brbljasmo	brbljaste	brbljahu
Conditional I		brbljao bih²	brbljao bi²	brbljao bi²	brbljali bismo²	brbljali biste²	brbljali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih brbljao²	bȉo bi brbljao²	bȉo bi brbljao²	bíli bismo brbljali²	bíli biste brbljali²	bíli bi brbljali²
Imperative		—	brbljaj	—	brbljajmo	brbljajte	—
Active past participle		brbljao m / brbljala f / brbljalo n			brbljali m / brbljale f / brbljala 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.

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