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tribati
tribati
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian and Ekavian) trebati
Verb
tribati impf
- (transitive, Ikavian) to need, require
- (impersonal, Ikavian) to be necessary, one should
- (impersonal, Ikavian) to be supposed to, to have to
Conjugation
Conjugation of tribati
| Infinitive: tribati | Present verbal adverb: tribajūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: tribānje | ||||
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | tribam | tribaš | triba | tribamo | tribate | tribaju | |
| Future | Future I | tribat ću2 tribaću |
tribat ćeš2 tribaćeš |
tribat će2 tribaće |
tribat ćemo2 tribaćemo |
tribat ćete2 tribaćete |
tribat će2 tribaće |
| Future II | budem tribao1 | budeš tribao1 | bude tribao1 | budemo tribali1 | budete tribali1 | budu tribali1 | |
| Past | Perfect | tribao sam1 | tribao si1 | tribao je1 | tribali smo1 | tribali ste1 | tribali su1 |
| Pluperfect | bio sam tribao1 | bio si tribao1 | bio je tribao1 | bili smo tribali1 | bili ste tribali1 | bili su tribali1 | |
| Imperfect | tribah | tribaše | tribaše | tribasmo | tribaste | tribahu | |
| Conditional I | tribao bih1 | tribao bi1 | tribao bi1 | tribali bismo1 | tribali biste1 | tribali bi1 | |
| Conditional II | bio bih tribao1 | bio bi tribao1 | bio bi tribao1 | bili bismo tribali1 | bili biste tribali1 | bili bi tribali1 | |
| Imperative | — | tribaj | — | tribajmo | tribajte | — | |
| Active past participle | tribao m / tribala f / tribalo n | tribali m / tribale f / tribala n | |||||
| 1 For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. 2 Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. | |||||||