lotati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German löten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lôtati/

Verb

lȍtati impf (Cyrillic spelling ло̏тати)

  1. to solder

Conjugation

Conjugation of lotati
infinitive lotati
present verbal adverb lȍtajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun lȍtānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present lotam lotaš lota lotamo lotate lotaju
future future I lotat ću1
lotaću
lotat ćeš1
lotaćeš
lotat će1
lotaće
lotat ćemo1
lotaćemo
lotat ćete1
lotaćete
lotat ćē1
lotaće
future II bȕdēm lotao2 bȕdēš lotao2 bȕdē lotao2 bȕdēmo lotali2 bȕdēte lotali2 bȕdū lotali2
past perfect lotao sam2 lotao si2 lotao je2 lotali smo2 lotali ste2 lotali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam lotao2 bȉo si lotao2 bȉo je lotao2 bíli smo lotali2 bíli ste lotali2 bíli su lotali2
imperfect lotah lotaše lotaše lotasmo lotaste lotahu
conditional conditional I lotao bih2 lotao bi2 lotao bi2 lotali bismo2 lotali biste2 lotali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih lotao2 bȉo bi lotao2 bȉo bi lotao2 bíli bismo lotali2 bíli biste lotali2 bíli bi lotali2
imperative lotaj lotajmo lotajte
active past participle lotao m / lotala f / lotalo n lotali m / lotale f / lotala n
passive past participle lotan m / lotana f / lotano n lotani m / lotane f / lotana 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.

Further reading

  • lotati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026