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baviti
baviti
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
bȁviti impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̏вити)
- (reflexive, with instrumental) to attend, engage in, go in for, occupy oneself with
- Bavi se jogom. ― He goes in for yoga.
- Čim se bavite? ― What do you do (for a job)?
- Bavim se prodajom knjiga. ― I sell books. (as a job)
- (reflexive, with s + instrumental) to deal with
Conjugation
Conjugation of baviti
| Infinitive: baviti | Present verbal adverb: bȁvēći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: bȁvljēnje | ||||
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | bavim | baviš | bavi | bavimo | bavite | bave | |
| Future | Future I | bavit ću2 baviću |
bavit ćeš2 bavićeš |
bavit će2 baviće |
bavit ćemo2 bavićemo |
bavit ćete2 bavićete |
bavit će2 baviće |
| Future II | budem bavio1 | budeš bavio1 | bude bavio1 | budemo bavili1 | budete bavili1 | budu bavili1 | |
| Past | Perfect | bavio sam1 | bavio si1 | bavio je1 | bavili smo1 | bavili ste1 | bavili su1 |
| Pluperfect | bio sam bavio1 | bio si bavio1 | bio je bavio1 | bili smo bavili1 | bili ste bavili1 | bili su bavili1 | |
| Imperfect | bavljah | bavljaše | bavljaše | bavljasmo | bavljaste | bavljahu | |
| Conditional I | bavio bih1 | bavio bi1 | bavio bi1 | bavili bismo1 | bavili biste1 | bavili bi1 | |
| Conditional II | bio bih bavio1 | bio bi bavio1 | bio bi bavio1 | bili bismo bavili1 | bili biste bavili1 | bili bi bavili1 | |
| Imperative | — | bavi | — | bavimo | bavite | — | |
| Active past participle | bavio m / bavila f / bavilo n | bavili m / bavile f / bavila 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
References
- “baviti” in Hrvatski jezični portal