smijati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): smèjati

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smǐjati/
• Hyphenation: smi‧ja‧ti

Verb

smìjati impf (Cyrillic spelling смѝјати)

1. (reflexive) to laugh

Conjugation

Conjugation of smijati

Infinitive: smijati		Present verbal adverb: smíjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: smìjānje
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	smijat ću1 smijaću	smijat ćeš1 smijaćeš	smijat će1 smijaće	smijat ćemo1 smijaćemo	smijat ćete1 smijaćete	smijat će1 smijaće
	Future II	bȕdēm smijao2	bȕdēš smijao2	bȕdē smijao2	bȕdēmo smijali2	bȕdēte smijali2	bȕdū smijali2
Past	Perfect	smijao sam2	smijao si2	smijao je2	smijali smo2	smijali ste2	smijali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam smijao2	bȉo si smijao2	bȉo je smijao2	bíli smo smijali2	bíli ste smijali2	bíli su smijali2
	Imperfect	smijah	smijaše	smijaše	smijasmo	smijaste	smijahu
Conditional I		smijao bih2	smijao bi2	smijao bi2	smijali bismo2	smijali biste2	smijali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih smijao2	bȉo bi smijao2	bȉo bi smijao2	bíli bismo smijali2	bíli biste smijali2	bíli bi smijali2
Imperative		—	smij	—	smijmo	smijte	—
Active past participle		smijao m / smijala f / smijalo n			smijali m / smijale f / smijala 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

• ismìjati
• nasmìjati
• zasmìjati

Related terms

• smiješiti