navraćati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- +‎ vraćati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎʋrat͡ɕati/
• Hyphenation: na‧vra‧ća‧ti

Verb

nàvraćati impf (Cyrillic spelling на̀враћати)

1. (intransitive) to drop by, drop in (for a visit)
2. (transitive) to divert, lead, direct, turn (river, brook etc.)
3. (transitive) to induce, lead (someone to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of navraćati

Infinitive: navraćati		Present verbal adverb: nàvraćajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: nàvraćānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		navraćam	navraćaš	navraća	navraćamo	navraćate	navraćaju
Future	Future I	navraćat ću1 navraćaću	navraćat ćeš1 navraćaćeš	navraćat će1 navraćaće	navraćat ćemo1 navraćaćemo	navraćat ćete1 navraćaćete	navraćat će1 navraćaće
	Future II	bȕdēm navraćao2	bȕdēš navraćao2	bȕdē navraćao2	bȕdēmo navraćali2	bȕdēte navraćali2	bȕdū navraćali2
Past	Perfect	navraćao sam2	navraćao si2	navraćao je2	navraćali smo2	navraćali ste2	navraćali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam navraćao2	bȉo si navraćao2	bȉo je navraćao2	bíli smo navraćali2	bíli ste navraćali2	bíli su navraćali2
	Imperfect	navraćah	navraćaše	navraćaše	navraćasmo	navraćaste	navraćahu
Conditional I		navraćao bih2	navraćao bi2	navraćao bi2	navraćali bismo2	navraćali biste2	navraćali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih navraćao2	bȉo bi navraćao2	bȉo bi navraćao2	bíli bismo navraćali2	bíli biste navraćali2	bíli bi navraćali2
Imperative		—	navraćaj	—	navraćajmo	navraćajte	—
Active past participle		navraćao m / navraćala f / navraćalo n			navraćali m / navraćale f / navraćala 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.

Related terms

• navrátiti pf

Further reading

• “navraćati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024