čuvati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃǔːʋati/
Hyphenation: ču‧va‧ti

Verb

čúvati impf (Cyrillic spelling чу́вати)

(transitive) to guard, protect
(transitive) to watch over
(transitive) to save, preserve, conserve
(reflexive) to be careful
(reflexive) to beware, keep away from
čuvaj se ružnih žena — beware of ugly women!

Conjugation

Conjugation of čuvati

Infinitive: čuvati		Present verbal adverb: čúvajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čúvānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čuvam	čuvaš	čuva	čuvamo	čuvate	čuvaju
Future	Future I	čuvat ću¹ čuvaću	čuvat ćeš¹ čuvaćeš	čuvat će¹ čuvaće	čuvat ćemo¹ čuvaćemo	čuvat ćete¹ čuvaćete	čuvat će¹ čuvaće
Future	Future II	budem čuvao²	budeš čuvao²	bude čuvao²	budemo čuvali²	budete čuvali²	budu čuvali²
Past	Perfect	čuvao sam²	čuvao si²	čuvao je²	čuvali smo²	čuvali ste²	čuvali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam čuvao²	bio si čuvao²	bio je čuvao²	bili smo čuvali²	bili ste čuvali²	bili su čuvali²
	Imperfect	čuvah	čuvaše	čuvaše	čuvasmo	čuvaste	čuvahu
Conditional I		čuvao bih²	čuvao bi²	čuvao bi²	čuvali bismo²	čuvali biste²	čuvali bi²
Conditional II		bio bih čuvao²	bio bi čuvao²	bio bi čuvao²	bili bismo čuvali²	bili biste čuvali²	bili bi čuvali²
Imperative		—	čuvaj	—	čuvajmo	čuvajte	—
Active past participle		čuvao m / čuvala f / čuvalo n			čuvali m / čuvale f / čuvala n
Passive past participle		čuvan m / čuvana f / čuvano n			čuvani m / čuvane f / čuvana 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. * 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.

Synonyms

paziti, starati

Derived terms

načúvati
očúvati
pričúvati

sačúvati
učúvati

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