bolovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȏl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bolǒʋati/
• Hyphenation: bo‧lo‧va‧ti

Verb

bolòvati impf (Cyrillic spelling боло̀вати)

1. (intransitive) to be ill

Conjugation

Conjugation of bolovati

Infinitive: bolovati		Present verbal adverb: bòlujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bolòvānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bolujem	boluješ	boluje	bolujemo	bolujete	boluju
Future	Future I	bolovat ću1 bolovaću	bolovat ćeš1 bolovaćeš	bolovat će1 bolovaće	bolovat ćemo1 bolovaćemo	bolovat ćete1 bolovaćete	bolovat će1 bolovaće
	Future II	bȕdēm bolovao2	bȕdēš bolovao2	bȕdē bolovao2	bȕdēmo bolovali2	bȕdēte bolovali2	bȕdū bolovali2
Past	Perfect	bolovao sam2	bolovao si2	bolovao je2	bolovali smo2	bolovali ste2	bolovali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bolovao2	bȉo si bolovao2	bȉo je bolovao2	bíli smo bolovali2	bíli ste bolovali2	bíli su bolovali2
	Imperfect	bolovah	bolovaše	bolovaše	bolovasmo	bolovaste	bolovahu
Conditional I		bolovao bih2	bolovao bi2	bolovao bi2	bolovali bismo2	bolovali biste2	bolovali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bolovao2	bȉo bi bolovao2	bȉo bi bolovao2	bíli bismo bolovali2	bíli biste bolovali2	bíli bi bolovali2
Imperative		—	boluj	—	bolujmo	bolujte	—
Active past participle		bolovao m / bolovala f / bolovalo n			bolovali m / bolovale f / bolovala 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

• “bolovati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024