poleteti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

polètjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology edit

From po- +‎ leteti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /polěteti/
Hyphenation: po‧le‧te‧ti

Verb edit

polèteti pf (Cyrillic spelling полѐтети)

(intransitive) to take off (of an aircraft)
(intransitive) to commence flying, to soar up, rise in the air

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of poleteti

Infinitive: poleteti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: polètēvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		poletim	poletiš	poleti	poletimo	poletite	polete
Future	Future I	poletet ću¹ poleteću	poletet ćeš¹ poletećeš	poletet će¹ poleteće	poletet ćemo¹ poletećemo	poletet ćete¹ poletećete	poletet će¹ poleteće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm poleteo²	bȕdēš poleteo²	bȕdē poleteo²	bȕdēmo poleteli²	bȕdēte poleteli²	bȕdū poleteli²
Past	Perfect	poleteo sam²	poleteo si²	poleteo je²	poleteli smo²	poleteli ste²	poleteli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam poleteo²	bȉo si poleteo²	bȉo je poleteo²	bíli smo poleteli²	bíli ste poleteli²	bíli su poleteli²
	Aorist	poleteh	polete	polete	poletesmo	poleteste	poleteše
Conditional I		poleteo bih²	poleteo bi²	poleteo bi²	poleteli bismo²	poleteli biste²	poleteli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih poleteo²	bȉo bi poleteo²	bȉo bi poleteo²	bíli bismo poleteli²	bíli biste poleteli²	bíli bi poleteli²
Imperative		—	poleti	—	poletimo	poletite	—
Active past participle		poleteo m / poletela f / poletelo n			poleteli m / poletele f / poletela 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.

Related terms edit

polétati impf