prelomiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ lomiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prelǒmiti/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧lo‧mi‧ti

Verb

prelòmiti pf (Cyrillic spelling прело̀мити)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to break (in two pieces)
  2. (transitive) to finally make a hard decision
  3. (transitive, printing) to set (page, type)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prelomiti
infinitive prelomiti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb prelòmīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prelomim prelomiš prelomi prelomimo prelomite prelome
future future I prelomit ću1
prelomiću
prelomit ćeš1
prelomićeš
prelomit će1
prelomiće
prelomit ćemo1
prelomićemo
prelomit ćete1
prelomićete
prelomit ćē1
prelomiće
future II bȕdēm prelomio2 bȕdēš prelomio2 bȕdē prelomio2 bȕdēmo prelomili2 bȕdēte prelomili2 bȕdū prelomili2
past perfect prelomio sam2 prelomio si2 prelomio je2 prelomili smo2 prelomili ste2 prelomili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prelomio2 bȉo si prelomio2 bȉo je prelomio2 bíli smo prelomili2 bíli ste prelomili2 bíli su prelomili2
aorist prelomih prelomi prelomi prelomismo prelomiste prelomiše
conditional conditional I prelomio bih2 prelomio bi2 prelomio bi2 prelomili bismo2 prelomili biste2 prelomili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prelomio2 bȉo bi prelomio2 bȉo bi prelomio2 bíli bismo prelomili2 bíli biste prelomili2 bíli bi prelomili2
imperative prelomi prelomimo prelomite
active past participle prelomio m / prelomila f / prelomilo n prelomili m / prelomile f / prelomila n
passive past participle prelomljen m / prelomljena f / prelomljeno n prelomljeni m / prelomljene f / prelomljena 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

  • prelomiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025