smotati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ motati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smǒtati/
• Hyphenation: smo‧ta‧ti

Verb

smòtati pf (Cyrillic spelling смо̀тати)

1. (transitive) to fold
2. (transitive) to wrap
3. (transitive) to wind up, roll up
4. (reflexive) to curl up

Conjugation

Conjugation of smotati

Infinitive: smotati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: smòtāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smotam	smotaš	smota	smotamo	smotate	smotaju
Future	Future I	smotat ću1 smotaću	smotat ćeš1 smotaćeš	smotat će1 smotaće	smotat ćemo1 smotaćemo	smotat ćete1 smotaćete	smotat će1 smotaće
	Future II	bȕdēm smotao2	bȕdēš smotao2	bȕdē smotao2	bȕdēmo smotali2	bȕdēte smotali2	bȕdū smotali2
Past	Perfect	smotao sam2	smotao si2	smotao je2	smotali smo2	smotali ste2	smotali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam smotao2	bȉo si smotao2	bȉo je smotao2	bíli smo smotali2	bíli ste smotali2	bíli su smotali2
	Aorist	smotah	smota	smota	smotasmo	smotaste	smotaše
Conditional I		smotao bih2	smotao bi2	smotao bi2	smotali bismo2	smotali biste2	smotali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih smotao2	bȉo bi smotao2	bȉo bi smotao2	bíli bismo smotali2	bíli biste smotali2	bíli bi smotali2
Imperative		—	smotaj	—	smotajmo	smotajte	—
Active past participle		smotao m / smotala f / smotalo n			smotali m / smotale f / smotala n
Passive past participle		smotan m / smotana f / smotano n			smotani m / smotane f / smotana 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.

Further reading

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