velim

See also: velím and Velim

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

velim

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of volō
  2. I may wish, I may want, I would like

References
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: velim tibi ita persuadeas

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velěti, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋěliːm/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧lim

Verb

vèlīm impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling вѐлӣм)

  1. (intransitive) to say, tell, state
    Kako se to veli na engleskom? ― How do you say that in English?

Usage notes

This verb is defective and has no infinitive form. Hypothetically, it would be either *veliti or *veljeti/*veleti depending on the dialect. Some dictionaries mention it as such; however, it has never been attested in spoken language.

This verb is only used in the present and imperfect.[1]

Conjugation
Conjugation of velim
Infinitive: — Present verbal adverb: vèlēći Past verbal adverb: vèlīvši Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present velim / velju veliš veli velimo velite vele
Future Future II bȕdēm velio2 bȕdēš velio2 bȕdē velio2 bȕdēmo velili2 bȕdēte velili2 bȕdū velili2
Past Perfect velio sam2 velio si2 velio je2 velili smo2 velili ste2 velili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam velio2 bȉo si velio2 bȉo je velio2 bíli smo velili2 bíli ste velili2 bíli su velili2
Imperfect veljah veljaše veljaše veljasmo veljaste veljahu
Conditional I velio bih2 velio bi2 velio bi2 velili bismo2 velili biste2 velili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih velio2 bȉo bi velio2 bȉo bi velio2 bíli bismo velili2 bíli biste velili2 bíli bi velili2
Imperative — veli — velimo velite —
Active past participle velio m / velila f / velilo n velili m / velile f / velila 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
  1. Речник српскога језика, Матица српска, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “velim” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “velim”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 349
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