smetati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /směːtati/
Hyphenation: sme‧ta‧ti

Verb

smétati impf (Cyrillic spelling сме́тати)

(transitive) to mind, care about
Ne brini, ne smeta mi! ― Don't worry, I don't mind (it)!
(transitive, intransitive) to disturb, bother (a person)
Oprosti, smetam li ti? ― Sorry, am I bothering you?
(transitive, intransitive) to hamper, hinder, interfere with
Zastarjela ekonomska politika smeta rastu ekonomije. ― Outdated economic policy hinders economic growth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of smetati

Infinitive: smetati		Present verbal adverb: smétajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: smétānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smetam	smetaš	smeta	smetamo	smetate	smetaju
Future	Future I	smetat ću¹ smetaću	smetat ćeš¹ smetaćeš	smetat će¹ smetaće	smetat ćemo¹ smetaćemo	smetat ćete¹ smetaćete	smetat će¹ smetaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm smetao²	bȕdēš smetao²	bȕdē smetao²	bȕdēmo smetali²	bȕdēte smetali²	bȕdū smetali²
Past	Perfect	smetao sam²	smetao si²	smetao je²	smetali smo²	smetali ste²	smetali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam smetao²	bȉo si smetao²	bȉo je smetao²	bíli smo smetali²	bíli ste smetali²	bíli su smetali²
	Imperfect	smetah	smetaše	smetaše	smetasmo	smetaste	smetahu
Conditional I		smetao bih²	smetao bi²	smetao bi²	smetali bismo²	smetali biste²	smetali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih smetao²	bȉo bi smetao²	bȉo bi smetao²	bíli bismo smetali²	bíli biste smetali²	bíli bi smetali²
Imperative		—	smetaj	—	smetajmo	smetajte	—
Active past participle		smetao m / smetala f / smetalo n			smetali m / smetale f / smetala n
Passive past participle		smetan m / smetana f / smetano n			smetani m / smetane f / smetana 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.

Derived terms

zasmétati