poletjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

polèteti (Ekavian)

Etymology

From po- +‎ letjeti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /polětjeti/
Hyphenation: po‧le‧tje‧ti

Verb

polètjeti pf (Cyrillic spelling полѐтјети)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of poletjeti

Infinitive: poletjeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: polètjēvši		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	poletjet ću¹ poletjeću	poletjet ćeš¹ poletjećeš	poletjet će¹ poletjeće	poletjet ćemo¹ poletjećemo	poletjet ćete¹ poletjećete	poletjet će¹ poletjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm poletio²	bȕdēš poletio²	bȕdē poletio²	bȕdēmo poletjeli²	bȕdēte poletjeli²	bȕdū poletjeli²
Past	Perfect	poletio sam²	poletio si²	poletio je²	poletjeli smo²	poletjeli ste²	poletjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam poletio²	bȉo si poletio²	bȉo je poletio²	bíli smo poletjeli²	bíli ste poletjeli²	bíli su poletjeli²
	Aorist	poletjeh	poletje	poletje	poletjesmo	poletjeste	poletješe
Conditional I		poletio bih²	poletio bi²	poletio bi²	poletjeli bismo²	poletjeli biste²	poletjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih poletio²	bȉo bi poletio²	bȉo bi poletio²	bíli bismo poletjeli²	bíli biste poletjeli²	bíli bi poletjeli²
Imperative		—	poleti	—	poletimo	poletite	—
Active past participle		poletio m / poletjela f / poletjelo n			poletjeli m / poletjele f / poletjela 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

polijétati impf