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zvati

zvati

Lojban

Gismu

zvati ‎(rafsi zva)

(be (present/located)) at; x₁ (object/event) is at/attending/present at x₂ (event/location [refers to a nonce location for an object/activity that is mobile])
la jan. cu zvati le barja
Zhang is at the bar.

Usage notes

The gismu zvati has a simplest gloss translation of "be" as in "be (located at)": it need not have any connotation of purposefully or intentionally being somewhere as in "attend (an event)" or "be present (at an assembly)".

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zъvati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zʋâti/
Hyphenation: zva‧ti

Verb

zvȁti impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling зва̏ти)

(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to call
(transitive, intransitive) to summon
(transitive, intransitive) to invite (for a visit, wedding, guest etc.)

Ja se zovem... - My name is...

Kako se zoveš? - What is your name?

zvati na telefon - to call on the telephone

Conjugation

Conjugation of zvati

Infinitive: zvati		Present verbal adverb: zòvūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: zvȃnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zovem	zoveš	zove	zovemo	zovete	zovu
Future	Future I	zvat ću² zvaću	zvat ćeš² zvaćeš	zvat će² zvaće	zvat ćemo² zvaćemo	zvat ćete² zvaćete	zvat će² zvaće
Future	Future II	budem zvao¹	budeš zvao¹	bude zvao¹	budemo zvali¹	budete zvali¹	budu zvali¹
Past	Perfect	zvao sam¹	zvao si¹	zvao je¹	zvali smo¹	zvali ste¹	zvali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam zvao¹	bio si zvao¹	bio je zvao¹	bili smo zvali¹	bili ste zvali¹	bili su zvali¹
	Imperfect	zvah	zvaše	zvaše	zvasmo	zvaste	zvahu
Conditional I		zvao bih¹	zvao bi¹	zvao bi¹	zvali bismo¹	zvali biste¹	zvali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih zvao¹	bio bi zvao¹	bio bi zvao¹	bili bismo zvali¹	bili biste zvali¹	bili bi zvali¹
Imperative		—	zovi	—	zovimo	zovite	—
Active past participle		zvao m / zvala f / zvalo n			zvali m / zvale f / zvala n
Passive past participle		zvan m / zvana f / zvano n			zvani m / zvane f / zvana 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.

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