klopati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From klópa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klǒːpati/
Hyphenation: klo‧pa‧ti

Verb

klópati impf (Cyrillic spelling кло́пати)

(slang) to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of klopati

Infinitive: klopati		Present verbal adverb: klópajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: klópānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		klopam	klopaš	klopa	klopamo	klopate	klopaju
Future	Future I	klopat ću¹ klopaću	klopat ćeš¹ klopaćeš	klopat će¹ klopaće	klopat ćemo¹ klopaćemo	klopat ćete¹ klopaćete	klopat će¹ klopaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm klopao²	bȕdēš klopao²	bȕdē klopao²	bȕdēmo klopali²	bȕdēte klopali²	bȕdū klopali²
Past	Perfect	klopao sam²	klopao si²	klopao je²	klopali smo²	klopali ste²	klopali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam klopao²	bȉo si klopao²	bȉo je klopao²	bíli smo klopali²	bíli ste klopali²	bíli su klopali²
	Imperfect	klopah	klopaše	klopaše	klopasmo	klopaste	klopahu
Conditional I		klopao bih²	klopao bi²	klopao bi²	klopali bismo²	klopali biste²	klopali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih klopao²	bȉo bi klopao²	bȉo bi klopao²	bíli bismo klopali²	bíli biste klopali²	bíli bi klopali²
Imperative		—	klopaj	—	klopajmo	klopajte	—
Active past participle		klopao m / klopala f / klopalo n			klopali m / klopale f / klopala 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

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