pomesti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ mesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒmesti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧mes‧ti

Verb

pòmesti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀мести)

  1. (transitive) to sweep (clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush)
    Pomeo sam sobu metlom. ― I swept my room with a broom.
  2. (transitive) to disperse, dispel, sweep away (of wind)
    pomesti lišće ― to sweep away leaves
  3. (transitive) to crush (completely defeat somebody)
    pomesti neprijatelje ― to crush enemies

Conjugation

Conjugation of pomesti
Infinitive: pomesti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: pòmēvši Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present pometem pometeš pomete pometemo pometete pometu
Future Future I pomest ću1
pomešću 		pomest ćeš1
pomešćeš 		pomest će1
pomešće 		pomest ćemo1
pomešćemo 		pomest ćete1
pomešćete 		pomest će1
pomešće
Future II bȕdēm pomeo2 bȕdēš pomeo2 bȕdē pomeo2 bȕdēmo pomeli2 bȕdēte pomeli2 bȕdū pomeli2
Past Perfect pomeo sam2 pomeo si2 pomeo je2 pomeli smo2 pomeli ste2 pomeli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam pomeo2 bȉo si pomeo2 bȉo je pomeo2 bíli smo pomeli2 bíli ste pomeli2 bíli su pomeli2
Aorist pometoh pomete pomete pometosmo pometoste pometoše
Conditional I pomeo bih2 pomeo bi2 pomeo bi2 pomeli bismo2 pomeli biste2 pomeli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih pomeo2 bȉo bi pomeo2 bȉo bi pomeo2 bíli bismo pomeli2 bíli biste pomeli2 bíli bi pomeli2
Imperative — pometi — pometimo pometite —
Active past participle pomeo m / pomela f / pomelo n pomeli m / pomele f / pomela n
Passive past participle pometen m / pometena f / pometeno n pometeni m / pometene f / pometena 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.

Further reading

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