белети

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běːleti/
  • Hyphenation: бе‧ле‧ти

Verb

бе́лети impf (Latin spelling béleti)

  1. (intransitive) to become white
  2. (reflexive) to show contrast or prominence by being white

Conjugation

Conjugation of белети
Infinitive: белети Present verbal adverb: бе́ле̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: бе́ле̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present белим белиш бели белимо белите беле
Future Future I белет ћу1
белећу 		белет ћеш1
белећеш 		белет ће1
белеће 		белет ћемо1
белећемо 		белет ћете1
белећете 		белет ће1
белеће
Future II бу̏де̄м белео2 бу̏де̄ш белео2 бу̏де̄ белео2 бу̏де̄мо белели2 бу̏де̄те белели2 бу̏дӯ белели2
Past Perfect белео сам2 белео си2 белео је2 белели смо2 белели сте2 белели су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам белео2 би̏о си белео2 би̏о је белео2 би́ли смо белели2 би́ли сте белели2 би́ли су белели2
Imperfect бељах бељаше бељаше бељасмо бељасте бељаху
Conditional I белео бих2 белео би2 белео би2 белели бисмо2 белели бисте2 белели би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих белео2 би̏о би белео2 би̏о би белео2 би́ли бисмо белели2 би́ли бисте белели2 би́ли би белели2
Imperative — бели — белимо белите —
Active past participle белео m / белела f / белело n белели m / белеле f / белела 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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References

  • “белети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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