trčati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъrčati. Cognate with Bulgarian търча (tǎrča, “to run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tř̩t͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: tr‧ča‧ti

Verb

tr̀čati impf (Cyrillic spelling тр̀чати)

(intransitive) to run

Conjugation

Conjugation of trčati

Infinitive: trčati		Present verbal adverb: tr̀čēći		Past verbal adverb: tr̀čāvši		Verbal noun: tr̀čānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		trčim	trčiš	trči	trčimo	trčite	trče
Future	Future I	trčat ću¹ trčaću	trčat ćeš¹ trčaćeš	trčat će¹ trčaće	trčat ćemo¹ trčaćemo	trčat ćete¹ trčaćete	trčat će¹ trčaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm trčao²	bȕdēš trčao²	bȕdē trčao²	bȕdēmo trčali²	bȕdēte trčali²	bȕdū trčali²
Past	Perfect	trčao sam²	trčao si²	trčao je²	trčali smo²	trčali ste²	trčali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam trčao²	bȉo si trčao²	bȉo je trčao²	bíli smo trčali²	bíli ste trčali²	bíli su trčali²
	Imperfect	trčah	trčaše	trčaše	trčasmo	trčaste	trčahu
Conditional I		trčao bih²	trčao bi²	trčao bi²	trčali bismo²	trčali biste²	trčali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih trčao²	bȉo bi trčao²	bȉo bi trčao²	bíli bismo trčali²	bíli biste trčali²	bíli bi trčali²
Imperative		—	trči	—	trčimo	trčite	—
Active past participle		trčao m / trčala f / trčalo n			trčali m / trčale f / trčala 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.

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