умети

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǔmeti/
  • Hyphenation: у‧ме‧ти

Verb

у̀мети impf (Latin spelling ùmeti)

  1. (intransitive) to know how (to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of умети
Infinitive: умети Present verbal adverb: у̀мејӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: у̀ме̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present умем умеш уме умемо умете умеју
Future Future I умет ћу1
умећу 		умет ћеш1
умећеш 		умет ће1
умеће 		умет ћемо1
умећемо 		умет ћете1
умећете 		умет ће1
умеће
Future II бу̏де̄м умео2 бу̏де̄ш умео2 бу̏де̄ умео2 бу̏де̄мо умели2 бу̏де̄те умели2 бу̏дӯ умели2
Past Perfect умео сам2 умео си2 умео је2 умели смо2 умели сте2 умели су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам умео2 би̏о си умео2 би̏о је умео2 би́ли смо умели2 би́ли сте умели2 би́ли су умели2
Imperfect умијах умијаше умијаше умијасмо умијасте умијаху
Conditional I умео бих2 умео би2 умео би2 умели бисмо2 умели бисте2 умели би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих умео2 би̏о би умео2 би̏о би умео2 би́ли бисмо умели2 би́ли бисте умели2 би́ли би умели2
Imperative — умеј — умејмо умејте —
Active past participle умео m / умела f / умело n умели m / умеле f / умела 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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