izabrati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From iz- +‎ brati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /izǎbrati/
Hyphenation: i‧za‧bra‧ti

Verb

izàbrati pf (Cyrillic spelling иза̀брати)

(transitive) to choose, select
Dobru lubenicu i dobru ženu ne možeš izabrati, samo potrefiti. ― A good watermelon and a good wife can never be chosen, only guessed. (proverb)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *izabrati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		izabrati
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		izàbrāvši
verbal noun		—

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		izaberem	izabereš	izabere	izaberemo	izaberete	izaberu
future	future I	izabrat ću¹ izabraću	izabrat ćeš¹ izabraćeš	izabrat će¹ izabraće	izabrat ćemo¹ izabraćemo	izabrat ćete¹ izabraćete	izabrat ćē¹ izabraćē
future	future II	bȕdēm izabrao²	bȕdēš izabrao²	bȕdē izabrao²	bȕdēmo izabrali²	bȕdēte izabrali²	bȕdū izabrali²
past	perfect	izabrao sam²	izabrao si²	izabrao je²	izabrali smo²	izabrali ste²	izabrali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam izabrao²	bȉo si izabrao²	bȉo je izabrao²	bíli smo izabrali²	bíli ste izabrali²	bíli su izabrali²
	aorist	izabrah	izabra	izabra	izabrasmo	izabraste	izabraše
conditional	conditional I	izabrao bih²	izabrao bi²	izabrao bi²	izabrali bismo²	izabrali biste²	izabrali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih izabrao²	bȉo bi izabrao²	bȉo bi izabrao²	bíli bismo izabrali²	bíli biste izabrali²	bíli bi izabrali²
imperative		—	izaberi	—	izaberimo	izaberite	—
active past participle		izabrao m / izabrala f / izabralo n			izabrali m / izabrale f / izabrala n
passive past participle		izabran m / izabrana f / izabrano n			izabrani m / izabrane f / izabrana 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.

Related terms

izàbirati impf