preferirati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin praeferre +‎ -irati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /preferǐːrati/
Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧ri‧ra‧ti

Verb

preferírati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling префери́рати)

(transitive) to prefer

Conjugation

Conjugation of preferirati

Infinitive: preferirati		Present verbal adverb: preferírajūći		Past verbal adverb: preferírāvši		Verbal noun: preferírānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		preferiram	preferiraš	preferira	preferiramo	preferirate	preferiraju
Future	Future I	preferirat ću¹ preferiraću	preferirat ćeš¹ preferiraćeš	preferirat će¹ preferiraće	preferirat ćemo¹ preferiraćemo	preferirat ćete¹ preferiraćete	preferirat će¹ preferiraće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm preferirao²	bȕdēš preferirao²	bȕdē preferirao²	bȕdēmo preferirali²	bȕdēte preferirali²	bȕdū preferirali²
Past	Perfect	preferirao sam²	preferirao si²	preferirao je²	preferirali smo²	preferirali ste²	preferirali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam preferirao²	bȉo si preferirao²	bȉo je preferirao²	bíli smo preferirali²	bíli ste preferirali²	bíli su preferirali²
	Aorist	preferirah	preferira	preferira	preferirasmo	preferiraste	preferiraše
	Imperfect	preferirah	preferiraše	preferiraše	preferirasmo	preferiraste	preferirahu
Conditional I		preferirao bih²	preferirao bi²	preferirao bi²	preferirali bismo²	preferirali biste²	preferirali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih preferirao²	bȉo bi preferirao²	bȉo bi preferirao²	bíli bismo preferirali²	bíli biste preferirali²	bíli bi preferirali²
Imperative		—	preferiraj	—	preferirajmo	preferirajte	—
Active past participle		preferirao m / preferirala f / preferiralo n			preferirali m / preferirale f / preferirala n
Passive past participle		preferiran m / preferirana f / preferirano n			preferirani m / preferirane f / preferirana 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.

References

“preferirati” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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