smjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• smȅti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъměti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smjêti/
• Hyphenation: smje‧ti

Verb

smjȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling смје̏ти)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (intransitive, dated) to dare, venture

Conjugation

Conjugation of smjeti

Infinitive: smjeti		Present verbal adverb: smȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		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		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.   *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.