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negovati

negovati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): njȅgovati

Verb

nȅgovati impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling не̏говати)

(transitive) to nurse, tend to, care for
(transitive) to cherish, foster (tradition, culture, friendship etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of negovati

Infinitive: negovati		Present verbal adverb: nȅgujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: nȅgovānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		negujem	neguješ	neguje	negujemo	negujete	neguju
Future	Future I	negovat ću² negovaću	negovat ćeš² negovaćeš	negovat će² negovaće	negovat ćemo² negovaćemo	negovat ćete² negovaćete	negovat će² negovaće
Future	Future II	budem negovao¹	budeš negovao¹	bude negovao¹	budemo negovali¹	budete negovali¹	budu negovali¹
Past	Perfect	negovao sam¹	negovao si¹	negovao je¹	negovali smo¹	negovali ste¹	negovali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam negovao¹	bio si negovao¹	bio je negovao¹	bili smo negovali¹	bili ste negovali¹	bili su negovali¹
	Imperfect	negovah	negovaše	negovaše	negovasmo	negovaste	negovahu
Conditional I		negovao bih¹	negovao bi¹	negovao bi¹	negovali bismo¹	negovali biste¹	negovali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih negovao¹	bio bi negovao¹	bio bi negovao¹	bili bismo negovali¹	bili biste negovali¹	bili bi negovali¹
Imperative		—	neguj	—	negujmo	negujte	—
Active past participle		negovao m / negovala f / negovalo n			negovali m / negovale f / negovala n
Passive past participle		negovan m / negovana f / negovano n			negovani m / negovane f / negovana 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.