ječati

See also: jecati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęčati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jěːt͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: je‧ča‧ti

Verb

jéčati impf (Cyrillic spelling је́чати)

(intransitive) to echo, resound

Conjugation

Conjugation of ječati

Infinitive: ječati		Present verbal adverb: jéčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: jéčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ječim	ječiš	ječi	ječimo	ječite	ječe
Future	Future I	ječat ću¹ ječaću	ječat ćeš¹ ječaćeš	ječat će¹ ječaće	ječat ćemo¹ ječaćemo	ječat ćete¹ ječaćete	ječat će¹ ječaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm ječao²	bȕdēš ječao²	bȕdē ječao²	bȕdēmo ječali²	bȕdēte ječali²	bȕdū ječali²
Past	Perfect	ječao sam²	ječao si²	ječao je²	ječali smo²	ječali ste²	ječali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam ječao²	bȉo si ječao²	bȉo je ječao²	bíli smo ječali²	bíli ste ječali²	bíli su ječali²
	Imperfect	ječah	ječaše	ječaše	ječasmo	ječaste	ječahu
Conditional I		ječao bih²	ječao bi²	ječao bi²	ječali bismo²	ječali biste²	ječali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih ječao²	bȉo bi ječao²	bȉo bi ječao²	bíli bismo ječali²	bíli biste ječali²	bíli bi ječali²
Imperative		—	ječi	—	ječimo	ječite	—
Active past participle		ječao m / ječala f / ječalo n			ječali m / ječale f / ječala 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

jéknuti pf

References

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