čučati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čučati (Bulgarian чуча (čuča), Czech čučeti).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǔːt͡ʃati/
Hyphenation: ču‧ča‧ti

Verb

čúčati impf (Cyrillic spelling чу́чати)

(intransitive) to squat
(intransitive) to crouch
(intransitive, pejorative, ironically) to loiter

Conjugation

Conjugation of čučati

Infinitive: čučati		Present verbal adverb: čúčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čúčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čučim	čučiš	čuči	čučimo	čučite	čuče
Future	Future I	čučat ću¹ čučaću	čučat ćeš¹ čučaćeš	čučat će¹ čučaće	čučat ćemo¹ čučaćemo	čučat ćete¹ čučaćete	čučat će¹ čučaće
Future	Future II	budem čučao²	budeš čučao²	bude čučao²	budemo čučali²	budete čučali²	budu čučali²
Past	Perfect	čučao sam²	čučao si²	čučao je²	čučali smo²	čučali ste²	čučali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam čučao²	bio si čučao²	bio je čučao²	bili smo čučali²	bili ste čučali²	bili su čučali²
	Imperfect	čučah	čučaše	čučaše	čučasmo	čučaste	čučahu
Conditional I		čučao bih²	čučao bi²	čučao bi²	čučali bismo²	čučali biste²	čučali bi²
Conditional II		bio bih čučao²	bio bi čučao²	bio bi čučao²	bili bismo čučali²	bili biste čučali²	bili bi čučali²
Imperative		—	čuči	—	čučimo	čučite	—
Active past participle		čučao m / čučala f / čučalo n			čučali m / čučale f / čučala 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

čȕčnuti

References

“čučati” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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