mljeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mlȅti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʎêti/
• Hyphenation: mlje‧ti

Verb

mljȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling мље̏ти)

1. (intransitive) to grind, mill
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to ramble, blather, blabber (usually in a long-winded and incomprehensible way)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mljeti

Infinitive: mljeti		Present verbal adverb: mȅljūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: mljȅvēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		meljem	melješ	melje	meljemo	meljete	melju
Future	Future I	mljet ću1 mljeću	mljet ćeš1 mljećeš	mljet će1 mljeće	mljet ćemo1 mljećemo	mljet ćete1 mljećete	mljet će1 mljeće
	Future II	bȕdēm mlio2	bȕdēš mlio2	bȕdē mlio2	bȕdēmo mljeli2	bȕdēte mljeli2	bȕdū mljeli2
Past	Perfect	mlio sam2	mlio si2	mlio je2	mljeli smo2	mljeli ste2	mljeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam mlio2	bȉo si mlio2	bȉo je mlio2	bíli smo mljeli2	bíli ste mljeli2	bíli su mljeli2
	Imperfect	meljah	meljaše	meljaše	meljasmo	meljaste	meljahu
Conditional I		mlio bih2	mlio bi2	mlio bi2	mljeli bismo2	mljeli biste2	mljeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih mlio2	bȉo bi mlio2	bȉo bi mlio2	bíli bismo mljeli2	bíli biste mljeli2	bíli bi mljeli2
Imperative		—	melji	—	meljimo	meljite	—
Active past participle		mlio m / mljela f / mljelo n			mljeli m / mljele f / mljela n
Passive past participle		mljeven m / mljevena f / mljeveno n			mljeveni m / mljevene f / mljevena 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.

Derived terms

• ìzmljeti
• nàmljeti
• sàmljeti

Related terms

• mlin