plivati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plyti, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-; compare plòviti, plùtati.
Cognate with Czech plavat impf and Slovene plavati impf.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plîʋati/
Hyphenation: pli‧va‧ti

Verb

plȉvati impf (Cyrillic spelling пли̏вати)

(intransitive) to swim (of persons)
(intransitive) to float (of objects)

Conjugation

Conjugation of plivati

Infinitive: plivati		Present verbal adverb: plȉvajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: plȉvānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		plivam	plivaš	pliva	plivamo	plivate	plivaju
Future	Future I	plivat ću¹ plivaću	plivat ćeš¹ plivaćeš	plivat će¹ plivaće	plivat ćemo¹ plivaćemo	plivat ćete¹ plivaćete	plivat će¹ plivaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm plivao²	bȕdēš plivao²	bȕdē plivao²	bȕdēmo plivali²	bȕdēte plivali²	bȕdū plivali²
Past	Perfect	plivao sam²	plivao si²	plivao je²	plivali smo²	plivali ste²	plivali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam plivao²	bȉo si plivao²	bȉo je plivao²	bíli smo plivali²	bíli ste plivali²	bíli su plivali²
	Imperfect	plivah	pliva	pliva	plivasmo	plivaste	plivaše
Conditional I		plivao bih²	plivao bi²	plivao bi²	plivali bismo²	plivali biste²	plivali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih plivao²	bȉo bi plivao²	bȉo bi plivao²	bíli bismo plivali²	bíli biste plivali²	bíli bi plivali²
Imperative		—	plivaj	—	plivajmo	plivajte	—
Active past participle		plivao m / plivala f / plivalo n			plivali m / plivale f / plivala 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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