летјети

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lětjeti/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧тје‧ти

Verb

лѐтјети impf (Latin spelling lètjeti)

  1. (intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)
    високо лет(ј)ети ― to fly high
    птица може лет(ј)ети. ― A bird can fly.
    мрзим лет(ј)ети/да летим. ― I hate flying.
    мора бити предивно лет(ј)ети небом. ― It 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 лети. ― The time flies.
  3. (intransitive) to rush, hurry
    летим с једног краја града на други. ― I'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 зраком. ― Stones were being thrown in the air.

Conjugation

Conjugation of летјети
infinitive летјети
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 летјет ћу1
летјећу 		летјет ћеш1
летјећеш 		летјет ће1
летјеће 		летјет ћемо1
летјећемо 		летјет ћете1
летјећете 		летјет ћē1
летјеће
future II бу̏де̄м летио2 бу̏де̄ш летио2 бу̏де̄ летио2 бу̏де̄мо летјели2 бу̏де̄те летјели2 бу̏дӯ летјели2
past perfect летио сам2 летио си2 летио је2 летјели смо2 летјели сте2 летјели су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам летио2 би̏о си летио2 би̏о је летио2 би́ли смо летјели2 би́ли сте летјели2 би́ли су летјели2
imperfect лећах лећаше лећаше лећасмо лећасте лећаху
conditional conditional I летио бих2 летио би2 летио би2 летјели бисмо2 летјели бисте2 летјели би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих летио2 би̏о би летио2 би̏о би летио2 би́ли бисмо летјели2 би́ли бисте летјели2 би́ли би летјели2
imperative — лети — летимо летите —
active past participle летио m / летјела f / летјело n летјели m / летјеле f / летјела 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

  • “летјети”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “летјети”, 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
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