čučati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čučati (Bulgarian чуча (čuča), Czech čučet).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǔːt͡ʃati/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧ča‧ti

Verb

čúčati impf (Cyrillic spelling чу́чати)

  1. (intransitive) to squat
  2. (intransitive) to crouch
  3. (intransitive, derogatory, ironically) to loiter

Conjugation
Conjugation of čučati
Infinitive: čučati Present verbal adverb: čúčēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: čúčānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present čučim čučiš čuči čučimo čučite čuče
Future Future I čučat ću1
čučaću		 čučat ćeš1
čučaćeš		 čučat će1
čučaće		 čučat ćemo1
čučaćemo		 čučat ćete1
čučaćete		 čučat će1
čučaće
Future II bȕdēm čučao2 bȕdēš čučao2 bȕdē čučao2 bȕdēmo čučali2 bȕdēte čučali2 bȕdū čučali2
Past Perfect čučao sam2 čučao si2 čučao je2 čučali smo2 čučali ste2 čučali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam čučao2 bȉo si čučao2 bȉo je čučao2 bíli smo čučali2 bíli ste čučali2 bíli su čučali2
Imperfect čučah čučaše čučaše čučasmo čučaste čučahu
Conditional I čučao bih2 čučao bi2 čučao bi2 čučali bismo2 čučali biste2 čučali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih čučao2 bȉo bi čučao2 bȉo bi čučao2 bíli bismo čučali2 bíli biste čučali2 bíli bi čučali2
Imperative — čuči — čučimo čučite —
Active past participle čučao m / čučala f / čučalo n čučali m / čučale f / čučala 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.

References
  • “čučati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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