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trȅbati impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling тре̏бати)

(transitive) to need, require
Mislila sam da trebaš pomoć.‎ ― I thought you might need help.
(impersonal) to be necessary, one should

Trebao bih o tome razgovarati s ocem‎ ― I should discuss it with my father

Jesi li siguran da bismo trebali raditi ovo?‎ ― Are you sure we should be doing this?

Nismo to trebali učiniti.‎ ― We shouldn' t have done it.
(impersonal) to be supposed to, to have to

Samo mi trebaš v(j)erovati.‎ ― You just have to trust me on it.

Tko ga je trebao zaustaviti?‎ ― Who was supposed to stop him?

Conjugation of trebati

Infinitive: trebati		Present verbal adverb: trȅbajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: trȅbānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		trebam	trebaš	treba	trebamo	trebate	trebaju
Future	Future I	trebat ću² trebaću	trebat ćeš² trebaćeš	trebat će² trebaće	trebat ćemo² trebaćemo	trebat ćete² trebaćete	trebat će² trebaće
Future	Future II	budem trebao¹	budeš trebao¹	bude trebao¹	budemo trebali¹	budete trebali¹	budu trebali¹
Past	Perfect	trebao sam¹	trebao si¹	trebao je¹	trebali smo¹	trebali ste¹	trebali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam trebao¹	bio si trebao¹	bio je trebao¹	bili smo trebali¹	bili ste trebali¹	bili su trebali¹
	Imperfect	trebah	trebaše	trebaše	trebasmo	trebaste	trebahu
Conditional I		trebao bih¹	trebao bi¹	trebao bi¹	trebali bismo¹	trebali biste¹	trebali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih trebao¹	bio bi trebao¹	bio bi trebao¹	bili bismo trebali¹	bili biste trebali¹	bili bi trebali¹
Imperative		—	trebaj	—	trebajmo	trebajte	—
Active past participle		trebao m / trebala f / trebalo n			trebali m / trebale f / trebala 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.