mljeti
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melti
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mljȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling мље̏ти)
- (intransitive) to grind, mill
- (intransitive, figuratively) to ramble, blather, blabber (usually in a long-winded and incomprehensible way)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of mljeti
| Infinitive: mljeti | Present verbal adverb: mȅljūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: mljȅvēnje | ||||
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| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | meljem | melješ | melje | meljemo | meljete | melju | |
| Future | Future I | mljet ću1 mljeću |
mljet ćeš1 mljećeš |
mljet će1 mljeće |
mljet ćemo1 mljećemo |
mljet ćete1 mljećete |
mljet će1 mljeće |
| Future II | bȕdēm mlio2 | bȕdēš mlio2 | bȕdē mlio2 | bȕdēmo mljeli2 | bȕdēte mljeli2 | bȕdū mljeli2 | |
| Past | Perfect | mlio sam2 | mlio si2 | mlio je2 | mljeli smo2 | mljeli ste2 | mljeli su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam mlio2 | bȉo si mlio2 | bȉo je mlio2 | bíli smo mljeli2 | bíli ste mljeli2 | bíli su mljeli2 | |
| Imperfect | meljah | meljaše | meljaše | meljasmo | meljaste | meljahu | |
| Conditional I | mlio bih2 | mlio bi2 | mlio bi2 | mljeli bismo2 | mljeli biste2 | mljeli bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih mlio2 | bȉo bi mlio2 | bȉo bi mlio2 | bíli bismo mljeli2 | bíli biste mljeli2 | bíli bi mljeli2 | |
| Imperative | — | melji | — | meljimo | meljite | — | |
| Active past participle | mlio m / mljela f / mljelo n | mljeli m / mljele f / mljela n | |||||
| Passive past participle | mljeven m / mljevena f / mljeveno n | mljeveni m / mljevene f / mljevena 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.
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