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oklevati

oklevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): oklijévati

Verb

oklévati impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling окле́вати)

to hesitate, vacillate

Conjugation

Conjugation of oklevati

Infinitive: oklevati		Present verbal adverb: oklévajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: oklévānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		oklevam	oklevaš	okleva	oklevamo	oklevate	oklevaju
Future	Future I	oklevat ću² oklevaću	oklevat ćeš² oklevaćeš	oklevat će² oklevaće	oklevat ćemo² oklevaćemo	oklevat ćete² oklevaćete	oklevat će² oklevaće
Future	Future II	budem oklevao¹	budeš oklevao¹	bude oklevao¹	budemo oklevali¹	budete oklevali¹	budu oklevali¹
Past	Perfect	oklevao sam¹	oklevao si¹	oklevao je¹	oklevali smo¹	oklevali ste¹	oklevali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam oklevao¹	bio si oklevao¹	bio je oklevao¹	bili smo oklevali¹	bili ste oklevali¹	bili su oklevali¹
	Imperfect	oklevah	oklevaše	oklevaše	oklevasmo	oklevaste	oklevahu
Conditional I		oklevao bih¹	oklevao bi¹	oklevao bi¹	oklevali bismo¹	oklevali biste¹	oklevali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih oklevao¹	bio bi oklevao¹	bio bi oklevao¹	bili bismo oklevali¹	bili biste oklevali¹	bili bi oklevali¹
Imperative		—	oklevaj	—	oklevajmo	oklevajte	—
Active past participle		oklevao m / oklevala f / oklevalo n			oklevali m / oklevale f / oklevala 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.