plaćati

See also: placati and plačati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plaťati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plǎːt͡ɕati/
Hyphenation: pla‧ća‧ti

Verb

pláćati impf (Cyrillic spelling пла́ћати)

(transitive) to pay (for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of plaćati

Infinitive: plaćati		Present verbal adverb: pláćajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pláćānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		plaćam	plaćaš	plaća	plaćamo	plaćate	plaćaju
Future	Future I	plaćat ću¹ plaćaću	plaćat ćeš¹ plaćaćeš	plaćat će¹ plaćaće	plaćat ćemo¹ plaćaćemo	plaćat ćete¹ plaćaćete	plaćat će¹ plaćaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm plaćao²	bȕdēš plaćao²	bȕdē plaćao²	bȕdēmo plaćali²	bȕdēte plaćali²	bȕdū plaćali²
Past	Perfect	plaćao sam²	plaćao si²	plaćao je²	plaćali smo²	plaćali ste²	plaćali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam plaćao²	bȉo si plaćao²	bȉo je plaćao²	bíli smo plaćali²	bíli ste plaćali²	bíli su plaćali²
	Imperfect	plaćah	plaćaše	plaćaše	plaćasmo	plaćaste	plaćahu
Conditional I		plaćao bih²	plaćao bi²	plaćao bi²	plaćali bismo²	plaćali biste²	plaćali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih plaćao²	bȉo bi plaćao²	bȉo bi plaćao²	bíli bismo plaćali²	bíli biste plaćali²	bíli bi plaćali²
Imperative		—	plaćaj	—	plaćajmo	plaćajte	—
Active past participle		plaćao m / plaćala f / plaćalo n			plaćali m / plaćale f / plaćala n
Passive past participle		plaćan m / plaćana f / plaćano n			plaćani m / plaćane f / plaćana 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

plátiti pf

Serbo-Croatian

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