njegovati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): nȅgovati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲêɡoʋati/
Hyphenation: nje‧go‧va‧ti

Verb

njȅgovati impf (Cyrillic spelling ње̏говати)

(transitive) to nurse, tend to, care for
(transitive) to cherish, foster (tradition, culture, friendship etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of njegovati

Infinitive: njegovati		Present verbal adverb: njȅgujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: njȅgovānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		njegujem	njeguješ	njeguje	njegujemo	njegujete	njeguju
Future	Future I	njegovat ću¹ njegovaću	njegovat ćeš¹ njegovaćeš	njegovat će¹ njegovaće	njegovat ćemo¹ njegovaćemo	njegovat ćete¹ njegovaćete	njegovat će¹ njegovaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm njegovao²	bȕdēš njegovao²	bȕdē njegovao²	bȕdēmo njegovali²	bȕdēte njegovali²	bȕdū njegovali²
Past	Perfect	njegovao sam²	njegovao si²	njegovao je²	njegovali smo²	njegovali ste²	njegovali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam njegovao²	bio si njegovao²	bio je njegovao²	bili smo njegovali²	bili ste njegovali²	bili su njegovali²
	Imperfect	njegovah	njegovaše	njegovaše	njegovasmo	njegovaste	njegovahu
Conditional I		njegovao bih²	njegovao bi²	njegovao bi²	njegovali bismo²	njegovali biste²	njegovali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih njegovao²	bio bi njegovao²	bio bi njegovao²	bili bismo njegovali²	bili biste njegovali²	bili bi njegovali²
Imperative		—	njeguj	—	njegujmo	njegujte	—
Active past participle		njegovao m / njegovala f / njegovalo n			njegovali m / njegovale f / njegovala n
Passive past participle		njegovan m / njegovana f / njegovano n			njegovani m / njegovane f / njegovana 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 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.

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