leteti

leteti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): lètjeti
• (dialectal): lèćeti
• (Ikavian, dialectal Ijekavian and Ekavian): lètiti

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěteti/
• Hyphenation: le‧te‧ti

Verb

lèteti impf (Cyrillic spelling лѐтети)

1. (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?

2. (intransitive) to pass quickly (especially of time)

   vr(ij)eme leti ― the time flies

3. (intransitive) to rush, hurry

   letim s jednog kraja grada na drugi ― I'm rushing from one corner of the city to another

4. (intransitive) to fly through something (as if thrown)

   kamenje je let(j)elo zrakom ― stones were being thrown in the air

Conjugation

Conjugation of leteti

Infinitive: leteti		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	letet ću1 leteću	letet ćeš1 letećeš	letet će1 leteće	letet ćemo1 letećemo	letet ćete1 letećete	letet će1 leteće
	Future II	bȕdēm leteo2	bȕdēš leteo2	bȕdē leteo2	bȕdēmo leteli2	bȕdēte leteli2	bȕdū leteli2
Past	Perfect	leteo sam2	leteo si2	leteo je2	leteli smo2	leteli ste2	leteli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam leteo2	bȉo si leteo2	bȉo je leteo2	bíli smo leteli2	bíli ste leteli2	bíli su leteli2
	Imperfect	lećah	lećaše	lećaše	lećasmo	lećaste	lećahu
Conditional I		leteo bih2	leteo bi2	leteo bi2	leteli bismo2	leteli biste2	leteli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih leteo2	bȉo bi leteo2	bȉo bi leteo2	bíli bismo leteli2	bíli biste leteli2	bíli bi leteli2
Imperative		—	leti	—	letimo	letite	—
Active past participle		leteo m / letela f / letelo n			leteli m / letele f / letela 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 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

Derived terms

• izlèteti
• nadlèteti
• nalèteti
• odlèteti
• podlèteti
• polèteti
• prelèteti
• razlèteti
• salèteti
• ulèteti
• uzlèteti
• zalèteti

References

• “leteti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “leteti”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 195

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛtèːti/
• Hyphenation: le‧te‧ti

Verb

letẹ́ti impf

1. to fly

Inflection

-eti -im
infinitive	letẹ́ti
1st singular	letím
infinitive	letẹ́ti			letȅt, letẹ̑t
supine	letȅt, letẹ̑t
verbal noun	leténje
	participle			converb
present	letȅč			letẹ̄
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	léteł		letẹ̄la		letẹ́lo
dual	letẹ́la		letẹ́li		letẹ́li
plural	letẹ́li		letẹ́le		letẹ́la
	present			imperative
1st singular	letím			—
2nd singular	letíš			léti
3rd singular	letí			—
1st dual	letíva			letȋva
2nd dual	letíta			letȋta
3rd dual	letíta			—
1st plural	letímo			letȋmo
2nd plural	letíte			letȋte
3rd plural	letíjo			—

Derived terms

• naletẹ́ti
• odletẹ́ti
• poletẹ́ti
• preletẹ́ti
• priletẹ́ti
• razletẹ́ti
• vzletẹ́ti
• zaletẹ́ti

Further reading

• “leteti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran