obožavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Cognate with Russian обожа́ть (obožátʹ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oboʒǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: o‧bo‧ža‧va‧ti

Verb

obožávati impf (Cyrillic spelling обожа́вати)

(transitive) to adore, admire
(transitive) to worship

Conjugation

Conjugation of *obožavati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		obožavati
present verbal adverb		obožávajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		obožávānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		obožavam	obožavaš	obožava	obožavamo	obožavate	obožavaju
future	future I	obožavat ću¹ obožavaću	obožavat ćeš¹ obožavaćeš	obožavat će¹ obožavaće	obožavat ćemo¹ obožavaćemo	obožavat ćete¹ obožavaćete	obožavat ćē¹ obožavaće
future	future II	bȕdēm obožavao²	bȕdēš obožavao²	bȕdē obožavao²	bȕdēmo obožavali²	bȕdēte obožavali²	bȕdū obožavali²
past	perfect	obožavao sam²	obožavao si²	obožavao je²	obožavali smo²	obožavali ste²	obožavali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam obožavao²	bȉo si obožavao²	bȉo je obožavao²	bíli smo obožavali²	bíli ste obožavali²	bíli su obožavali²
	imperfect	obožavah	obožavaše	obožavaše	obožavasmo	obožavaste	obožavahu
conditional	conditional I	obožavao bih²	obožavao bi²	obožavao bi²	obožavali bismo²	obožavali biste²	obožavali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih obožavao²	bȉo bi obožavao²	bȉo bi obožavao²	bíli bismo obožavali²	bíli biste obožavali²	bíli bi obožavali²
imperative		—	obožavaj	—	obožavajmo	obožavajte	—
active past participle		obožavao m / obožavala f / obožavalo n			obožavali m / obožavale f / obožavala n
passive past participle		obožavan m / obožavana f / obožavano n			obožavani m / obožavane f / obožavana 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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