smjeti
Serbo-Croatian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *sъměti.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsmjȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling смје̏ти)
- (intransitive) may, can (to be allowed)
- Smijem li ući? ― May I come in?
- Ako je nešto zabranjeno, to znači da se ne smije raditi. ― If something is banned, that means it may not be done.
- (by extension, intransitive, always negated) may, must, should, ought to (expressing insistence against something)
- Sloboda govora nikada ne smije biti uskraćena. ― Freedom of speech must never be denied.
- (intransitive, dated) to dare, venture
Conjugation
editConjugation of smjeti
Infinitive: smjeti | Present verbal adverb: smȉjūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: — | ||||
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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 | smijem | smiješ | smije | smijemo | smijete | smiju | |
Future | Future I | smjet ću1 smjeću |
smjet ćeš1 smjećeš |
smjet će1 smjeće |
smjet ćemo1 smjećemo |
smjet ćete1 smjećete |
smjet će1 smjeće |
Future II | bȕdēm smio2 | bȕdēš smio2 | bȕdē smio2 | bȕdēmo smjeli2 | bȕdēte smjeli2 | bȕdū smjeli2 | |
Past | Perfect | smio sam2 | smio si2 | smio je2 | smjeli smo2 | smjeli ste2 | smjeli su2 |
Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam smio2 | bȉo si smio2 | bȉo je smio2 | bíli smo smjeli2 | bíli ste smjeli2 | bíli su smjeli2 | |
Imperfect | smijah | smijaše | smijaše | smijasmo | smijaste | smijahu | |
Conditional I | smio bih2 | smio bi2 | smio bi2 | smjeli bismo2 | smjeli biste2 | smjeli bi2 | |
Conditional II4 | bȉo bih smio2 | bȉo bi smio2 | bȉo bi smio2 | bíli bismo smjeli2 | bíli biste smjeli2 | bíli bi smjeli2 | |
Imperative | — | smij | — | smijmo | smijte | — | |
Active past participle | smio m / smjela f / smjelo n | smjeli m / smjele f / smjela 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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