otkopavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /otkopǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: ot‧ko‧pa‧va‧ti

Verb

otkopávati impf (Cyrillic spelling откопа́вати)

(transitive) to dig up, excavate, uncover, unearth

Conjugation

Conjugation of otkopavati

Infinitive: otkopavati		Present verbal adverb: otkopávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: otkopávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		otkopavam	otkopavaš	otkopava	otkopavamo	otkopavate	otkopavaju
Future	Future I	otkopavat ću¹ otkopavaću	otkopavat ćeš¹ otkopavaćeš	otkopavat će¹ otkopavaće	otkopavat ćemo¹ otkopavaćemo	otkopavat ćete¹ otkopavaćete	otkopavat će¹ otkopavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm otkopavao²	bȕdēš otkopavao²	bȕdē otkopavao²	bȕdēmo otkopavali²	bȕdēte otkopavali²	bȕdū otkopavali²
Past	Perfect	otkopavao sam²	otkopavao si²	otkopavao je²	otkopavali smo²	otkopavali ste²	otkopavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam otkopavao²	bȉo si otkopavao²	bȉo je otkopavao²	bíli smo otkopavali²	bíli ste otkopavali²	bíli su otkopavali²
	Imperfect	otkopavah	otkopavaše	otkopavaše	otkopavasmo	otkopavaste	otkopavahu
Conditional I		otkopavao bih²	otkopavao bi²	otkopavao bi²	otkopavali bismo²	otkopavali biste²	otkopavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih otkopavao²	bȉo bi otkopavao²	bȉo bi otkopavao²	bíli bismo otkopavali²	bíli biste otkopavali²	bíli bi otkopavali²
Imperative		—	otkopavaj	—	otkopavajmo	otkopavajte	—
Active past participle		otkopavao m / otkopavala f / otkopavalo n			otkopavali m / otkopavale f / otkopavala n
Passive past participle		otkopavan m / otkopavana f / otkopavano n			otkopavani m / otkopavane f / otkopavana 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

otkòpati pf