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bojati

bojati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǒjati/
Hyphenation: bo‧ja‧ti

Verb

bòjati impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling бо̀јати)

(reflexive) to fear, be afraid of

bojim se‎ ― I'm afraid

bojim ga se‎ ― I'm afraid of him

ne boj se‎ ― don't be afraid

nemaš se čega bojati‎ ― there is nothing to be afraid of

ona se boji vlastitog oca‎ ― she's afraid of her own father

nemoj se bojati‎ ― don't be afraid

ne trebaš se bojati‎ ― there is no need to be afraid

on se boji i vlastite s(j)ene‎ ― he's afraid even of his own shadow

Conjugation

Conjugation of bojati

Infinitive: bojati		Present verbal adverb: bòjēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bòjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bojim	bojiš	boji	bojimo	bojite	boje
Future	Future I	bojat ću² bojaću	bojat ćeš² bojaćeš	bojat će² bojaće	bojat ćemo² bojaćemo	bojat ćete² bojaćete	bojat će² bojaće
Future	Future II	budem bojao¹	budeš bojao¹	bude bojao¹	budemo bojali¹	budete bojali¹	budu bojali¹
Past	Perfect	bojao sam¹	bojao si¹	bojao je¹	bojali smo¹	bojali ste¹	bojali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam bojao¹	bio si bojao¹	bio je bojao¹	bili smo bojali¹	bili ste bojali¹	bili su bojali¹
	Imperfect	bojah	bojaše	bojaše	bojasmo	bojaste	bojahu
Conditional I		bojao bih¹	bojao bi¹	bojao bi¹	bojali bismo¹	bojali biste¹	bojali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih bojao¹	bio bi bojao¹	bio bi bojao¹	bili bismo bojali¹	bili biste bojali¹	bili bi bojali¹
Imperative		—	boj	—	bojmo	bojte	—
Active past participle		bojao m / bojala f / bojalo n			bojali m / bojale f / bojala n
¹ For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. ² Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

Derived terms

pobòjati

Etymology 2

boja +‎ -ti

Alternative forms

(alternative infinitive): bòjiti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǒjati/
Hyphenation: bo‧ja‧ti

Verb

bòjati impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling бо̀јати)

(transitive) to color
(transitive) to dye (hair, cloth..)
(transitive) to paint (by brush)
(transitive) to distemper
(transitive) to stain (glass etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bojati

Infinitive: bojati		Present verbal adverb: bòjajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bòjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bojam	bojaš	boja	bojamo	bojate	bojaju
Future	Future I	bojat ću² bojaću	bojat ćeš² bojaćeš	bojat će² bojaće	bojat ćemo² bojaćemo	bojat ćete² bojaćete	bojat će² bojaće
Future	Future II	budem bojao¹	budeš bojao¹	bude bojao¹	budemo bojali¹	budete bojali¹	budu bojali¹
Past	Perfect	bojao sam¹	bojao si¹	bojao je¹	bojali smo¹	bojali ste¹	bojali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam bojao¹	bio si bojao¹	bio je bojao¹	bili smo bojali¹	bili ste bojali¹	bili su bojali¹
	Imperfect	bojah	bojaše	bojaše	bojasmo	bojaste	bojahu
Conditional I		bojao bih¹	bojao bi¹	bojao bi¹	bojali bismo¹	bojali biste¹	bojali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih bojao¹	bio bi bojao¹	bio bi bojao¹	bili bismo bojali¹	bili biste bojali¹	bili bi bojali¹
Imperative		—	boj	—	bojmo	bojte	—
Active past participle		bojao m / bojala f / bojalo n			bojali m / bojale f / bojala n
¹ For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. ² Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

Derived terms

pobòjati

References

“bojati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“bojati” in Hrvatski jezični portal