pitati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (“to ask, examine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǐːtati/
Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pítati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи́тати)

(transitive) to ask
(reflexive) to wonder oneself, ask oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of pitati

Infinitive: pitati		Present verbal adverb: pítajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pítānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		pitam	pitaš	pita	pitamo	pitate	pitaju
Future	Future I	pitat ću¹ pitaću	pitat ćeš¹ pitaćeš	pitat će¹ pitaće	pitat ćemo¹ pitaćemo	pitat ćete¹ pitaćete	pitat će¹ pitaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm pitao²	bȕdēš pitao²	bȕdē pitao²	bȕdēmo pitali²	bȕdēte pitali²	bȕdū pitali²
Past	Perfect	pitao sam²	pitao si²	pitao je²	pitali smo²	pitali ste²	pitali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam pitao²	bȉo si pitao²	bȉo je pitao²	bíli smo pitali²	bíli ste pitali²	bíli su pitali²
	Imperfect	pitah	pitaše	pitaše	pitasmo	pitaste	pitahu
Conditional I		pitao bih²	pitao bi²	pitao bi²	pitali bismo²	pitali biste²	pitali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih pitao²	bȉo bi pitao²	bȉo bi pitao²	bíli bismo pitali²	bíli biste pitali²	bíli bi pitali²
Imperative		—	pitaj	—	pitajmo	pitajte	—
Active past participle		pitao m / pitala f / pitalo n			pitali m / pitale f / pitala n
Passive past participle		pitan m / pitana f / pitano n			pitani m / pitane f / pitana 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.

Derived terms

dopítati
ispítati
preispítati
pripítati
priupítati
propítati
upítati
zapítati

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pitàti (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pîtati/
Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pȉtati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи̏тати)

(transitive) to feed, to nourish

Conjugation

Conjugation of pitati

Infinitive: pitati		Present verbal adverb: pȉtajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: pȉtānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		pitam	pitaš	pita	pitamo	pitate	pitaju
Future	Future I	pitat ću¹ pitaću	pitat ćeš¹ pitaćeš	pitat će¹ pitaće	pitat ćemo¹ pitaćemo	pitat ćete¹ pitaćete	pitat će¹ pitaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm pitao²	bȕdēš pitao²	bȕdē pitao²	bȕdēmo pitali²	bȕdēte pitali²	bȕdū pitali²
Past	Perfect	pitao sam²	pitao si²	pitao je²	pitali smo²	pitali ste²	pitali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam pitao²	bȉo si pitao²	bȉo je pitao²	bíli smo pitali²	bíli ste pitali²	bíli su pitali²
	Imperfect	pitah	pitaše	pitaše	pitasmo	pitaste	pitahu
Conditional I		pitao bih²	pitao bi²	pitao bi²	pitali bismo²	pitali biste²	pitali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih pitao²	bȉo bi pitao²	bȉo bi pitao²	bíli bismo pitali²	bíli biste pitali²	bíli bi pitali²
Imperative		—	pitaj	—	pitajmo	pitajte	—
Active past participle		pitao m / pitala f / pitalo n			pitali m / pitale f / pitala n
Passive past participle		pitan m / pitana f / pitano n			pitani m / pitane f / pitana 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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