требати

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • трибати (Ikavian)
  • трјебати (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terbati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trêbati/
  • Hyphenation: тре‧ба‧ти

Verb

тре̏бати impf (Latin spelling trȅbati)

  1. (transitive) to need, require
    Мислила сам да требаш помоћ. ― I thought you might need help.
  2. (impersonal) to be necessary, one should
    Требао бих о томе разговарати с оцем ― I should discuss it with my father
    Јеси ли сигуран да бисмо требали радити ово? ― Are you sure we should be doing this?
    Нисмо то требали учинити. ― We shouldn' t have done it.
  3. (impersonal) to be supposed to, to have to
    Само ми требаш в(ј)еровати. ― You just have to trust me on it.
    Тко га је требао зауставити? ― Who was supposed to stop him?

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • у̀стребати
  • за̀требати

References

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