jačati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From jȃk (“strong”) +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jǎt͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: ja‧ča‧ti

Verb

jàčati impf (Cyrillic spelling ја̀чати)

(intransitive) to become stronger
(transitive) to strengthen (make stronger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of jačati

Infinitive: jačati		Present verbal adverb: jàčajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: jàčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		jačam	jačaš	jača	jačamo	jačate	jačaju
Future	Future I	jačat ću¹ jačaću	jačat ćeš¹ jačaćeš	jačat će¹ jačaće	jačat ćemo¹ jačaćemo	jačat ćete¹ jačaćete	jačat će¹ jačaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm jačao²	bȕdēš jačao²	bȕdē jačao²	bȕdēmo jačali²	bȕdēte jačali²	bȕdū jačali²
Past	Perfect	jačao sam²	jačao si²	jačao je²	jačali smo²	jačali ste²	jačali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam jačao²	bȉo si jačao²	bȉo je jačao²	bíli smo jačali²	bíli ste jačali²	bíli su jačali²
	Imperfect	jačah	jačaše	jačaše	jačasmo	jačaste	jačahu
Conditional I		jačao bih²	jačao bi²	jačao bi²	jačali bismo²	jačali biste²	jačali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih jačao²	bȉo bi jačao²	bȉo bi jačao²	bíli bismo jačali²	bíli biste jačali²	bíli bi jačali²
Imperative		—	jačaj	—	jačajmo	jačajte	—
Active past participle		jačao m / jačala f / jačalo n			jačali m / jačale f / jačala n
Passive past participle		jačan m / jačana f / jačano n			jačani m / jačane f / jačana 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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