blejati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blějati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blěːjati/
Hyphenation: ble‧ja‧ti

Verb

bléjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бле́јати)

(intransitive) to bleat, baa (to sound like a sheep or lambs)
(derogatory, intransitive) to gape at, stand agape

Conjugation

Conjugation of blejati

Infinitive: blejati		Present verbal adverb: bléjēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bléjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		blejim	blejiš	bleji	blejimo	blejite	bleje
Future	Future I	blejat ću¹ blejaću	blejat ćeš¹ blejaćeš	blejat će¹ blejaće	blejat ćemo¹ blejaćemo	blejat ćete¹ blejaćete	blejat će¹ blejaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm blejao²	bȕdēš blejao²	bȕdē blejao²	bȕdēmo blejali²	bȕdēte blejali²	bȕdū blejali²
Past	Perfect	blejao sam²	blejao si²	blejao je²	blejali smo²	blejali ste²	blejali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam blejao²	bȉo si blejao²	bȉo je blejao²	bíli smo blejali²	bíli ste blejali²	bíli su blejali²
	Imperfect	blejah	blejaše	blejaše	blejasmo	blejaste	blejahu
Conditional I		blejao bih²	blejao bi²	blejao bi²	blejali bismo²	blejali biste²	blejali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih blejao²	bȉo bi blejao²	bȉo bi blejao²	bíli bismo blejali²	bíli biste blejali²	bíli bi blejali²
Imperative		—	bleji	—	blejimo	blejite	—
Active past participle		blejao m / blejala f / blejalo n			blejali m / blejale f / blejala 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.

References

“blejati” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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