leteti

See also: letěti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lèteti impf (Cyrillic spelling лѐтети)

(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 being thrown in the air

Conjugation

Conjugation of *leteti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		leteti
present verbal adverb		lètēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		lètēnje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
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 ćē¹ leteće
future	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	conditional I	leteo bih²	leteo bi²	leteo bi²	leteli bismo²	leteli biste²	leteli bi²
conditional	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 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

References

“leteti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“leteti”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 195

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

letẹ́ti impf

to fly

Conjugation

-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		—

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Derived terms

References

Slovene

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