smjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): smȅti

Etymology

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

Infinitive: smjeti		Present verbal adverb: smȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		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		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 će¹ smjeće
Future	Future II	budem smio²	budeš smio²	bude smio²	budemo smjeli²	budete smjeli²	budu smjeli²
Past	Perfect	smio sam²	smio si²	smio je²	smjeli smo²	smjeli ste²	smjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam smio²	bio si smio²	bio je smio²	bili smo smjeli²	bili ste smjeli²	bili su smjeli²
	Imperfect	smijah	smijaše	smijaše	smijasmo	smijaste	smijahu
Conditional I		smio bih²	smio bi²	smio bi²	smjeli bismo²	smjeli biste²	smjeli bi²
Conditional II		bio bih smio²	bio bi smio²	bio bi smio²	bili bismo smjeli²	bili biste smjeli²	bili 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. * 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.

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