prokopavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prokopǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: pro‧ko‧pa‧va‧ti

Verb

prokopávati impf (Cyrillic spelling прокопа́вати)

(transitive) to dig (a tunnel) through, bore (burrow) through a passage

Conjugation

Conjugation of prokopavati

Infinitive: prokopavati		Present verbal adverb: prokopávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prokopávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prokopavam	prokopavaš	prokopava	prokopavamo	prokopavate	prokopavaju
Future	Future I	prokopavat ću¹ prokopavaću	prokopavat ćeš¹ prokopavaćeš	prokopavat će¹ prokopavaće	prokopavat ćemo¹ prokopavaćemo	prokopavat ćete¹ prokopavaćete	prokopavat će¹ prokopavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm prokopavao²	bȕdēš prokopavao²	bȕdē prokopavao²	bȕdēmo prokopavali²	bȕdēte prokopavali²	bȕdū prokopavali²
Past	Perfect	prokopavao sam²	prokopavao si²	prokopavao je²	prokopavali smo²	prokopavali ste²	prokopavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam prokopavao²	bȉo si prokopavao²	bȉo je prokopavao²	bíli smo prokopavali²	bíli ste prokopavali²	bíli su prokopavali²
	Imperfect	prokopavah	prokopavaše	prokopavaše	prokopavasmo	prokopavaste	prokopavahu
Conditional I		prokopavao bih²	prokopavao bi²	prokopavao bi²	prokopavali bismo²	prokopavali biste²	prokopavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih prokopavao²	bȉo bi prokopavao²	bȉo bi prokopavao²	bíli bismo prokopavali²	bíli biste prokopavali²	bíli bi prokopavali²
Imperative		—	prokopavaj	—	prokopavajmo	prokopavajte	—
Active past participle		prokopavao m / prokopavala f / prokopavalo n			prokopavali m / prokopavale f / prokopavala n
Passive past participle		prokopavan m / prokopavana f / prokopavano n			prokopavani m / prokopavane f / prokopavana 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

prokòpati pf