čarati

See also: carati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From čȃr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǎːrati/
Hyphenation: ča‧ra‧ti

Verb

čárati impf (Cyrillic spelling ча́рати)

(intransitive) to cast a spell, practice sorcery

Conjugation

Conjugation of čarati

Infinitive: čarati		Present verbal adverb: čárajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čárānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čaram	čaraš	čara	čaramo	čarate	čaraju
Future	Future I	čarat ću¹ čaraću	čarat ćeš¹ čaraćeš	čarat će¹ čaraće	čarat ćemo¹ čaraćemo	čarat ćete¹ čaraćete	čarat će¹ čaraće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm čarao²	bȕdēš čarao²	bȕdē čarao²	bȕdēmo čarali²	bȕdēte čarali²	bȕdū čarali²
Past	Perfect	čarao sam²	čarao si²	čarao je²	čarali smo²	čarali ste²	čarali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam čarao²	bȉo si čarao²	bȉo je čarao²	bíli smo čarali²	bíli ste čarali²	bíli su čarali²
	Imperfect	čarah	čaraše	čaraše	čarasmo	čaraste	čarahu
Conditional I		čarao bih²	čarao bi²	čarao bi²	čarali bismo²	čarali biste²	čarali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih čarao²	bȉo bi čarao²	bȉo bi čarao²	bíli bismo čarali²	bíli biste čarali²	bíli bi čarali²
Imperative		—	čaraj	—	čarajmo	čarajte	—
Active past participle		čarao m / čarala f / čaralo n			čarali m / čarale f / čarala n
Passive past participle		čaran m / čarana f / čarano n			čarani m / čarane f / čarana 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.

Derived terms

References

“čarati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025