mljeti

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʎêti/
  • Hyphenation: mlje‧ti

Verb

mljȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling мље̏ти)

  1. (intransitive) to grind, mill
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to ramble, blather, blabber (usually in a long-winded and incomprehensible way)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mljeti
Infinitive: mljeti Present verbal adverb: mȅljūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: mljȅvēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present meljem melješ melje meljemo meljete melju
Future Future I mljet ću1
mljeću 		mljet ćeš1
mljećeš 		mljet će1
mljeće 		mljet ćemo1
mljećemo 		mljet ćete1
mljećete 		mljet će1
mljeće
Future II bȕdēm mlio2 bȕdēš mlio2 bȕdē mlio2 bȕdēmo mljeli2 bȕdēte mljeli2 bȕdū mljeli2
Past Perfect mlio sam2 mlio si2 mlio je2 mljeli smo2 mljeli ste2 mljeli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam mlio2 bȉo si mlio2 bȉo je mlio2 bíli smo mljeli2 bíli ste mljeli2 bíli su mljeli2
Imperfect meljah meljaše meljaše meljasmo meljaste meljahu
Conditional I mlio bih2 mlio bi2 mlio bi2 mljeli bismo2 mljeli biste2 mljeli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih mlio2 bȉo bi mlio2 bȉo bi mlio2 bíli bismo mljeli2 bíli biste mljeli2 bíli bi mljeli2
Imperative — melji — meljimo meljite —
Active past participle mlio m / mljela f / mljelo n mljeli m / mljele f / mljela n
Passive past participle mljeven m / mljevena f / mljeveno n mljeveni m / mljevene f / mljevena 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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