smjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

smȅti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъměti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /smjêti/
Hyphenation: smje‧ti

Verb

smjȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling смје̏ти)

(intransitive) may, can (to be allowed)
Smijem li ući? ― May I come in?

Ako je nešto zabranjeno, to znači da se ne smije raditi. ― If something is banned, that means it may not be done.
(by extension, intransitive, always negated) may, must, should, ought to (expressing insistence against something)
Sloboda govora nikada ne smije biti uskraćena. ― Freedom of speech must never be denied.
(intransitive, dated) to dare, venture

Conjugation

Conjugation of *smjeti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		smjeti
present verbal adverb		smȉjūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		—

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		smijem	smiješ	smije	smijemo	smijete	smiju
future	future I	smjet ću¹ smjeću	smjet ćeš¹ smjećeš	smjet će¹ smjeće	smjet ćemo¹ smjećemo	smjet ćete¹ smjećete	smjet ćē¹ smjeće
future	future II	bȕdēm smio²	bȕdēš smio²	bȕdē smio²	bȕdēmo smjeli²	bȕdēte smjeli²	bȕdū smjeli²
past	perfect	smio sam²	smio si²	smio je²	smjeli smo²	smjeli ste²	smjeli su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam smio²	bȉo si smio²	bȉo je smio²	bíli smo smjeli²	bíli ste smjeli²	bíli su smjeli²
	imperfect	smijah	smijaše	smijaše	smijasmo	smijaste	smijahu
conditional	conditional I	smio bih²	smio bi²	smio bi²	smjeli bismo²	smjeli biste²	smjeli bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih smio²	bȉo bi smio²	bȉo bi smio²	bíli bismo smjeli²	bíli biste smjeli²	bíli bi smjeli²
imperative		—	smij	—	smijmo	smijte	—
active past participle		smio m / smjela f / smjelo n			smjeli m / smjele f / smjela 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.