poletati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

polijétati (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /polěːtati/
Hyphenation: po‧le‧ta‧ti

Verb

polétati impf (Cyrillic spelling поле́тати)

(intransitive) to take off (of an aircraft)
(intransitive) to commence flying, to soar up, rise in the air

Conjugation

Conjugation of poletati

Infinitive: poletati		Present verbal adverb: poléćūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: polétānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		polećem	polećeš	poleće	polećemo	polećete	poleću
Future	Future I	poletat ću¹ poletaću	poletat ćeš¹ poletaćeš	poletat će¹ poletaće	poletat ćemo¹ poletaćemo	poletat ćete¹ poletaćete	poletat će¹ poletaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm poletao²	bȕdēš poletao²	bȕdē poletao²	bȕdēmo poletali²	bȕdēte poletali²	bȕdū poletali²
Past	Perfect	poletao sam²	poletao si²	poletao je²	poletali smo²	poletali ste²	poletali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam poletao²	bȉo si poletao²	bȉo je poletao²	bíli smo poletali²	bíli ste poletali²	bíli su poletali²
	Imperfect	poletah	poletaše	poletaše	poletasmo	poletaste	poletahu
Conditional I		poletao bih²	poletao bi²	poletao bi²	poletali bismo²	poletali biste²	poletali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih poletao²	bȉo bi poletao²	bȉo bi poletao²	bíli bismo poletali²	bíli biste poletali²	bíli bi poletali²
Imperative		—	poleći	—	polećimo	polećite	—
Active past participle		poletao m / poletala f / poletalo n			poletali m / poletale f / poletala 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.

Related terms

polèteti pf