šetati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šętati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃěːtati/
• Hyphenation: še‧ta‧ti

Verb

šétati impf (Cyrillic spelling ше́тати)

1. (reflexive) to walk, stroll
2. (transitive) to take for a walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of šetati

Infinitive: šetati		Present verbal adverb: šétajūći / šéćūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šétānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šećem / šetam	šećeš / šetaš	šeće / šeta	šećemo / šetamo	šećete / šetate	šeću / šetaju
Future	Future I	šetat ću1 šetaću	šetat ćeš1 šetaćeš	šetat će1 šetaće	šetat ćemo1 šetaćemo	šetat ćete1 šetaćete	šetat će1 šetaće
	Future II	bȕdēm šetao2	bȕdēš šetao2	bȕdē šetao2	bȕdēmo šetali2	bȕdēte šetali2	bȕdū šetali2
Past	Perfect	šetao sam2	šetao si2	šetao je2	šetali smo2	šetali ste2	šetali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam šetao2	bȉo si šetao2	bȉo je šetao2	bíli smo šetali2	bíli ste šetali2	bíli su šetali2
	Imperfect	šetah	šetaše	šetaše	šetasmo	šetaste	šetahu
Conditional I		šetao bih2	šetao bi2	šetao bi2	šetali bismo2	šetali biste2	šetali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih šetao2	bȉo bi šetao2	bȉo bi šetao2	bíli bismo šetali2	bíli biste šetali2	bíli bi šetali2
Imperative		—	šeći / šetaj	—	šećimo / šetajmo	šećite / šetajte	—
Active past participle		šetao m / šetala f / šetalo n			šetali m / šetale f / šetala 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

• prošétati
• ušétati
• šetač
• šetalište

Further reading

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