imati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ǐmati/
  • Hyphenation: i‧ma‧ti

Verb

ìmati impf (Cyrillic spelling ѝмати)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to have, possess, own
    imati vremena ― to have time
    ona ima 19 godina ― she is 19 years old
    imaš pravo ― you have it right!
    imati na umu ― to have in mind, keep in mind
    imati nešto protiv ― have something against
  2. (transitive, with genitive case (except for singular countable nouns — with nominative), in existential clauses) there be, be present, in the universe of discourse (in past and future tenses usually replaced by bȉti (“to be, exist”))
    ima li šećera? ― is there any sugar?
    ima li crvenih auta na parkiralištu? ― are there any red cars on the parking lot?
    što ima za večeru? ― what is there for dinner?
    ima otad pet godina ― five years have passed since then, it has been five years since then
  3. (intransitive, regional, with da) to have to, be obliged to
    ima(š) da mu pošteno platiš ― you have to pay him fairly
    ima(ju) da rade c(ij)eli dan ― they have to work the whole day
  4. (transitive) to wear, have on
    imala je crveni šeširić ― she had a red bonnet on

Conjugation
Conjugation of imati
Infinitive: imati Present verbal adverb: ìmajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: ìmānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present imam imaš ima imamo imate imaju
Future Future I imat ću1
imaću		 imat ćeš1
imaćeš		 imat će1
imaće		 imat ćemo1
imaćemo		 imat ćete1
imaćete		 imat će1
imaće
Future II bȕdēm imao2 bȕdēš imao2 bȕdē imao2 bȕdēmo imali2 bȕdēte imali2 bȕdū imali2
Past Perfect imao sam2 imao si2 imao je2 imali smo2 imali ste2 imali su2
Pluperfect3 bio sam imao2 bio si imao2 bio je imao2 bili smo imali2 bili ste imali2 bili su imali2
Imperfect imah imaše imaše imasmo imaste imahu
Conditional I imao bih2 imao bi2 imao bi2 imali bismo2 imali biste2 imali bi2
Conditional II4 bio bih imao2 bio bi imao2 bio bi imao2 bili bismo imali2 bili biste imali2 bili bi imali2
Imperative — imaj — imajmo imajte —
Active past participle imao m / imala f / imalo n imali m / imale f / imala 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 have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • ùimati
  • zàimati

References
  • “imati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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