летети

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěteti/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧те‧ти

Verb

лѐтети impf (Latin spelling lèteti)

  1. (intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)
    птица може лет(ј)етиa bird can fly
    високо лет(ј)етиto fly high
    мрзим лет(ј)ети/да летимI hate flying
    мора бити предивно лет(ј)ети небомit must be wonderful flying through the sky
    зашто се бојите лет(ј)ети/да летите?why are you afraid of flying?
  2. (intransitive) to pass quickly (especially of time)
    вр(иј)еме летиthe time flies
  3. (intransitive) to rush, hurry
    летим с једног краја града на другиI'm rushing from one corner of the city to another
  4. (intransitive) to be thrown in the air (stones etc.)
    камење је лет(ј)ело зракомstones were being thrown in the air

Conjugation

Conjugation of летети
infinitive летети
present verbal adverb лѐте̄ћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun лѐте̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present летим летиш лети летимо летите лете
future future I летет ћу1
летећу
летет ћеш1
летећеш
летет ће1
летеће
летет ћемо1
летећемо
летет ћете1
летећете
летет ћē1
летеће
future II бу̏де̄м летео2 бу̏де̄ш летео2 бу̏де̄ летео2 бу̏де̄мо летели2 бу̏де̄те летели2 бу̏дӯ летели2
past perfect летео сам2 летео си2 летео је2 летели смо2 летели сте2 летели су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам летео2 би̏о си летео2 би̏о је летео2 би́ли смо летели2 би́ли сте летели2 би́ли су летели2
imperfect лећах лећаше лећаше лећасмо лећасте лећаху
conditional conditional I летео бих2 летео би2 летео би2 летели бисмо2 летели бисте2 летели би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих летео2 би̏о би летео2 би̏о би летео2 би́ли бисмо летели2 би́ли бисте летели2 би́ли би летели2
imperative лети летимо летите
active past participle летео m / летела f / летело n летели m / летеле f / летела 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

References

  • летети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • летети”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 195