letjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): lèteti
(dialectal): lèćeti
(Ikavian, dialectal Ijekavian and Ekavian): lètiti

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lětjeti/
Hyphenation: le‧tje‧ti

Verb

lètjeti impf (Cyrillic spelling лѐтјети)

(intransitive) to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)

ptica može let(j)eti ― a bird can fly

visoko let(j)eti ― to fly high

mrzim let(j)eti/da letim ― I hate flying

mora biti predivno let(j)eti nebom ― it must be wonderful flying through the sky

zašto se bojite let(j)eti/da letite? ― why are you afraid of flying?
(intransitive) to pass quickly (especially of time)

vr(ij)eme leti ― the time flies
(intransitive) to rush, hurry

letim s jednog kraja grada na drugi ― I'm rushing from one corner of the city to another
(intransitive) to fly through something (as if thrown)

kamenje je let(j)elo zrakom ― stones were flying through the air

Conjugation

Conjugation of letjeti

Infinitive: letjeti		Present verbal adverb: lètēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: lètēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		letim	letiš	leti	letimo	letite	lete
Future	Future I	letjet ću¹ letjeću	letjet ćeš¹ letjećeš	letjet će¹ letjeće	letjet ćemo¹ letjećemo	letjet ćete¹ letjećete	letjet će¹ letjeće
Future	Future II	budem letio²	budeš letio²	bude letio²	budemo letjeli²	budete letjeli²	budu letjeli²
Past	Perfect	letio sam²	letio si²	letio je²	letjeli smo²	letjeli ste²	letjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam letio²	bio si letio²	bio je letio²	bili smo letjeli²	bili ste letjeli²	bili su letjeli²
	Imperfect	lećah	lećaše	lećaše	lećasmo	lećaste	lećahu
Conditional I		letio bih²	letio bi²	letio bi²	letjeli bismo²	letjeli biste²	letjeli bi²
Conditional II		bio bih letio²	bio bi letio²	bio bi letio²	bili bismo letjeli²	bili biste letjeli²	bili bi letjeli²
Imperative		—	leti	—	letimo	letite	—
Active past participle		letio m / letjela f / letjelo n			letjeli m / letjele f / letjela 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

izlètjeti
letelica
nadlètjeti
nalètjeti
odlètjeti
podlètjeti
polètjeti

prelètjeti
razlètjeti
salètjeti
ulètjeti
uzlètjeti
zalètjeti

References

“letjeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 3, page 195

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