odgovarate

Odgovarate is the second-person plural present tense form of the verb odgovorati in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian. It means “you answer” or “you respond” when addressing two or more people, and it can also be used in formal plural address. The form is part of a common South Slavic verb group whose base is odgovar- plus the -ati infinitive ending.

The verb odgovorati is related to the noun odgovor, meaning “an answer” or “a reply.” In present tense conjugation, the standard endings for -ati verbs are applied: ja odgovaram, ti odgovaraš, on/ona odgovara, mi odgovaramo, vi odgovarate, oni/one odgovaraju. This allows odgovarate to function routinely in everyday speech and formal communication.

Usage examples include sentences such as Vi odgovarate na pitanje profesora or Učenici odgovaraju na zadatke. Beyond literal answering, the word appears in various contexts such as education, media, and customer service where multiple people are addressed. While primarily a verb meaning to answer or respond, the related forms and derivations (such as odgovor, odgovoriti) are common in both spoken and written language.

See also: odgovor, odgovoriti, govorenje, komunikacija.