šaliti

See also: saliti and sālīti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šaliti. From šála.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃâliti/
• Hyphenation: ša‧li‧ti

Verb

šȁliti impf (Cyrillic spelling ша̏лити)

1. (reflexive) to joke; to joke around

   Samo se šalim. ― I am just joking.

2. (reflexive) to hoax
3. (reflexive) to jest

Conjugation

Conjugation of šaliti

Infinitive: šaliti		Present verbal adverb: šȁlēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: šȁljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šalīm	šališ	šali	šalimo	šalite	šale
Future	Future I	šalit ću1 šaliću	šalit ćeš1 šalićeš	šalit će1 šaliće	šalit ćemo1 šalićemo	šalit ćete1 šalićete	šalit će1 šaliće
	Future II	bȕdēm šalio2	bȕdēš šalio2	bȕdē šalio2	bȕdēmo šalili2	bȕdēte šalili2	bȕdū šalili2
Past	Perfect	šalio sam2	šalio si2	šalio je2	šalili smo2	šalili ste2	šalili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam šalio2	bȉo si šalio2	bȉo je šalio2	bíli smo šalili2	bíli ste šalili2	bíli su šalili2
	Imperfect	šaljah	šaljaše	šaljaše	šaljasmo	šaljaste	šaljahu
Conditional I		šalio bih2	šalio bi2	šalio bi2	šalili bismo2	šalili biste2	šalili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih šalio2	bȉo bi šalio2	bȉo bi šalio2	bíli bismo šalili2	bíli biste šalili2	bíli bi šalili2
Imperative		—	šali	—	šalimo	šalite	—
Active past participle		šalio m / šalila f / šalilo n			šalili m / šalile f / šalila 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

noun

• šàlīn

 

Further reading

• “šaliti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024