baviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâʋiti/
• Hyphenation: ba‧vi‧ti

Verb

bȁviti impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̏вити)

1. (reflexive, with instrumental) to do, 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)

2. (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 ću1 baviću	bavit ćeš1 bavićeš	bavit će1 baviće	bavit ćemo1 bavićemo	bavit ćete1 bavićete	bavit će1 baviće
	Future II	bȕdēm bavio2	bȕdēš bavio2	bȕdē bavio2	bȕdēmo bavili2	bȕdēte bavili2	bȕdū bavili2
Past	Perfect	bavio sam2	bavio si2	bavio je2	bavili smo2	bavili ste2	bavili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bavio2	bȉo si bavio2	bȉo je bavio2	bíli smo bavili2	bíli ste bavili2	bíli su bavili2
	Imperfect	bavljah	bavljaše	bavljaše	bavljasmo	bavljaste	bavljahu
Conditional I		bavio bih2	bavio bi2	bavio bi2	bavili bismo2	bavili biste2	bavili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bavio2	bȉo bi bavio2	bȉo bi bavio2	bíli bismo bavili2	bíli biste bavili2	bíli bi bavili2
Imperative		—	bavi	—	bavimo	bavite	—
Active past participle		bavio m / bavila f / bavilo n			bavili m / bavile f / bavila n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• dòbaviti
• nàbaviti
• prìbaviti
• ìzbaviti
• òbaviti

 

References

• “baviti” in Hrvatski jezični portal