smetati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /směːtati/
  • Hyphenation: sme‧ta‧ti

Verb

smétati impf (Cyrillic spelling сме́тати)

  1. (transitive) to mind, care about
    Ne brini, ne smeta mi! ― Don't worry, I don't mind (it)!
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to disturb, bother (a person)
    Oprosti, smetam li ti? ― Sorry, am I bothering you?
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to hamper, hinder, interfere with
    Zastarjela ekonomska politika smeta rastu ekonomije. ― Outdated economic policy hinders economic growth.

Conjugation
Conjugation of smetati
Infinitive: smetati Present verbal adverb: smétajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: smétānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present smetam smetaš smeta smetamo smetate smetaju
Future Future I smetat ću1
smetaću		 smetat ćeš1
smetaćeš		 smetat će1
smetaće		 smetat ćemo1
smetaćemo		 smetat ćete1
smetaćete		 smetat će1
smetaće
Future II bȕdēm smetao2 bȕdēš smetao2 bȕdē smetao2 bȕdēmo smetali2 bȕdēte smetali2 bȕdū smetali2
Past Perfect smetao sam2 smetao si2 smetao je2 smetali smo2 smetali ste2 smetali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam smetao2 bȉo si smetao2 bȉo je smetao2 bíli smo smetali2 bíli ste smetali2 bíli su smetali2
Imperfect smetah smetaše smetaše smetasmo smetaste smetahu
Conditional I smetao bih2 smetao bi2 smetao bi2 smetali bismo2 smetali biste2 smetali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih smetao2 bȉo bi smetao2 bȉo bi smetao2 bíli bismo smetali2 bíli biste smetali2 bíli bi smetali2
Imperative — smetaj — smetajmo smetajte —
Active past participle smetao m / smetala f / smetalo n smetali m / smetale f / smetala n
Passive past participle smetan m / smetana f / smetano n smetani m / smetane f / smetana 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.

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