voljeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

vòleti (Ekavian)

Etymology

See vȍlja (“will”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋǒʎeti/
Hyphenation: vo‧lje‧ti

Verb

vòljeti impf (Cyrillic spelling во̀љети)

(transitive, reflexive) to love
Volim te. ― I love you.
(transitive) to like
Volim miris napalma ujutro. ― I like the smell of napalm in the morning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of voljeti

Infinitive: voljeti		Present verbal adverb: vȍlēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: vȍljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		volim	voliš	voli	volimo	volite	vole
Future	Future I	voljet ću¹ voljeću	voljet ćeš¹ voljećeš	voljet će¹ voljeće	voljet ćemo¹ voljećemo	voljet ćete¹ voljećete	voljet će¹ voljeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm volio²	bȕdēš volio²	bȕdē volio²	bȕdēmo voljeli²	bȕdēte voljeli²	bȕdū voljeli²
Past	Perfect	volio sam²	volio si²	volio je²	voljeli smo²	voljeli ste²	voljeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam volio²	bȉo si volio²	bȉo je volio²	bíli smo voljeli²	bíli ste voljeli²	bíli su voljeli²
	Aorist	voljeh	volje	volje	voljesmo	voljeste	volješe
	Imperfect	voljah	voljaše	voljaše	voljasmo	voljaste	voljahu
Conditional I		volio bih²	volio bi²	volio bi²	voljeli bismo²	voljeli biste²	voljeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih volio²	bȉo bi volio²	bȉo bi volio²	bíli bismo voljeli²	bíli biste voljeli²	bíli bi voljeli²
Imperative		—	voli	—	volimo	volite	—
Active past participle		volio m / voljela f / voljelo n			voljeli m / voljele f / voljela n
Passive past participle		voljen m / voljena f / voljeno n			voljeni m / voljene f / voljena 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.

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