umeti
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): ùmjeti
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *uměti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǔmeti/
- Hyphenation: u‧me‧ti
Verb
ùmeti impf (Cyrillic spelling у̀мети)
- (intransitive) to know how (to do something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of umeti
| Infinitive: umeti | Present verbal adverb: ùmejūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: ùmēnje | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | umem | umeš | ume | umemo | umete | umeju | |
| Future | Future I | umet ću1 umeću | umet ćeš1 umećeš | umet će1 umeće | umet ćemo1 umećemo | umet ćete1 umećete | umet će1 umeće |
| Future II | bȕdēm umeo2 | bȕdēš umeo2 | bȕdē umeo2 | bȕdēmo umeli2 | bȕdēte umeli2 | bȕdū umeli2 | |
| Past | Perfect | umeo sam2 | umeo si2 | umeo je2 | umeli smo2 | umeli ste2 | umeli su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam umeo2 | bȉo si umeo2 | bȉo je umeo2 | bíli smo umeli2 | bíli ste umeli2 | bíli su umeli2 | |
| Imperfect | umijah | umijaše | umijaše | umijasmo | umijaste | umijahu | |
| Conditional I | umeo bih2 | umeo bi2 | umeo bi2 | umeli bismo2 | umeli biste2 | umeli bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih umeo2 | bȉo bi umeo2 | bȉo bi umeo2 | bíli bismo umeli2 | bíli biste umeli2 | bíli bi umeli2 | |
| Imperative | — | umej | — | umejmo | umejte | — | |
| Active past participle | umeo m / umela f / umelo n | umeli m / umele f / umela 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. | |||||||
Derived terms
- razumeti
- izumeti
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *uměti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /umèːti/
Verb
umẹ́ti impf or pf
- to understand, to grasp
- to know how, to be able
Inflection
| infinitive | umẹ́ti | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | ȗmem | |||||
| infinitive | umẹ́ti | umet | ||||
| supine | umȅt, umẹ̑t | |||||
| verbal noun | umẹ̑tje | |||||
| participle | converb | |||||
| present | umȅč | — | ||||
| past | úmljen | — | ||||
| l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | umȅł, umẹ̑ł, úmeł | umẹ̄la | umẹ̄lo | |||
| dual | umẹ̄la | umẹ̄li | umẹ̄li | |||
| plural | umẹ̄li | umẹ̄le | umẹ̄la | |||
| present | imperative | |||||
| 1st singular | ȗmem | — | ||||
| 2nd singular | ȗmeš | úmi | ||||
| 3rd singular | ȗme | — | ||||
| 1st dual | ȗmeva | úmiva, umȋva | ||||
| 2nd dual | ȗmeta | úmita, umȋta | ||||
| 3rd dual | ȗmeta | — | ||||
| 1st plural | ȗmemo | úmimo, umȋmo | ||||
| 2nd plural | ȗmete | úmite, umȋte | ||||
| 3rd plural | ȗmejo | — | ||||
Derived terms
- doumẹ́ti
- razumẹ́ti
Further reading
- “umeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran