имати

Old Church Slavonic
имати

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

имати • (imati) impf

  1. to have
    • John 8:24, from Codex Marianus, 4082400-4082420:
      аште бо вѣрꙑ не емлете ѣко азъ есмъ · ꙋмьрете въ грѣсѣхъ вашихъ ·
      ašte bo věry ne emlete ěko azŭ esmŭ · umĭrete vŭ grěsěxŭ vašixŭ ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to take
    • lines 154-156, from the Primary Chronicle:
      и побѣгоша людьє изъ града. и повелѣ ѡльга воємъ своимъ имати є, ꙗко взѧ градъ и пожьже и.
      i poběgoša ljudĭe izŭ grada. i povelě olĭga voemŭ svoimŭ imati e, jako vzę gradŭ i požĭže i.
      And all the people fled from the city. Olga commanded her soldiers to capture them, as she took the city and set it ablaze.
  3. to acquire

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ǐmati/
  • Hyphenation: и‧ма‧ти

Verb

ѝмати impf (Latin spelling ìmati)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to have, possess, own
    имати среће ― to be lucky, have luck
    имати времена ― to have time
    имати новаца ― to have money
    имати прехладу ― to have a cold
    она има 19 година ― she is 19 years old
    имаш право ― you are right, you are correct
    имати обичај да.. ― to have a habit/custom to..
    имати на уму ― to have in mind, keep in mind
    имати у виду ― to keep in mind
    имати на памети ― to keep in mind
    имати против ― to object to
  2. (transitive) to be, be located (in past and future tenses usually replaced by би̏ти (“to be, exist”)
    има ли шећера? ― is there any sugar?
    има ли кога ― is there anyone in?
    има ли црвених аута на паркиралишту? ― are there any red cars on the parking lot?
    на зиду имају двије слике ― there are two paintings on the wall
    што има за вечеру? ― what is there for supper?
    има отад пет година ― five years have passed since then, it has been five years since then
  3. (intransitive, with да) to have to, be obliged to
    има(ш) да му поштено платиш ― you have to pay him fairly
    има(ју) да раде ц(иј)ели дан ― they have to work the whole day
  4. (transitive) to wear, have on
    имала је црвени шеширић ― she had a red bonnet on

Conjugation
Conjugation of имати
Infinitive: имати Present verbal adverb: ѝмајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: ѝма̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present имам имаш има имамо имате имају
Future Future I имат ћу1
имаћу		 имат ћеш1
имаћеш		 имат ће1
имаће		 имат ћемо1
имаћемо		 имат ћете1
имаћете		 имат ће1
имаће
Future II бу̏де̄м имао2 бу̏де̄ш имао2 бу̏де̄ имао2 бу̏де̄мо имали2 бу̏де̄те имали2 бу̏дӯ имали2
Past Perfect имао сам2 имао си2 имао је2 имали смо2 имали сте2 имали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам имао2 би̏о си имао2 би̏о је имао2 би́ли смо имали2 би́ли сте имали2 би́ли су имали2
Imperfect имах имаше имаше имасмо имасте имаху
Conditional I имао бих2 имао би2 имао би2 имали бисмо2 имали бисте2 имали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих имао2 би̏о би имао2 би̏о би имао2 би́ли бисмо имали2 би́ли бисте имали2 би́ли би имали2
Imperative — имај — имајмо имајте —
Active past participle имао m / имала f / имало n имали m / имале f / имала 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.

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