smejati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smьjati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smějati/
  • Hyphenation: sme‧ja‧ti

Verb

smèjati impf (Cyrillic spelling смѐјати)

  1. (reflexive) to laugh
    Dan mi se smije i sunce me grije. - The day laughs at me and the sun warms me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of smejati
infinitive smejati
present verbal adverb sméjūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun smèjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present smejem smeješ smeje smejemo smejete smeju
future future I smejat ću1
smejaću
smejat ćeš1
smejaćeš
smejat će1
smejaće
smejat ćemo1
smejaćemo
smejat ćete1
smejaćete
smejat ćē1
smejaće
future II bȕdēm smejao2 bȕdēš smejao2 bȕdē smejao2 bȕdēmo smejali2 bȕdēte smejali2 bȕdū smejali2
past perfect smejao sam2 smejao si2 smejao je2 smejali smo2 smejali ste2 smejali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam smejao2 bȉo si smejao2 bȉo je smejao2 bíli smo smejali2 bíli ste smejali2 bíli su smejali2
imperfect smejah smejaše smejaše smejasmo smejaste smejahu
conditional conditional I smejao bih2 smejao bi2 smejao bi2 smejali bismo2 smejali biste2 smejali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih smejao2 bȉo bi smejao2 bȉo bi smejao2 bíli bismo smejali2 bíli biste smejali2 bíli bi smejali2
imperative smej smejmo smejte
active past participle smejao m / smejala f / smejalo n smejali m / smejale f / smejala 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *smьjati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smɛjàːti/

Verb

smejáti impf

  1. (reflexive) to laugh
    Ne smej se!Don't laugh!

Conjugation

-Vjati -Vjem or -ati -im
infinitive smejáti
1st singular sméjem, smejím
infinitive smejáti smejat
supine smejȃt, sméjat
verbal noun smejȃnje
participle converb
present smejọ̄č smejȃje
past
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular smejȃł, sméjał smejāla smejālo
dual smejāla smejāli smejāli
plural smejāli smejāle smejāla
present imperative
1st singular sméjem, smejím
2nd singular sméješ, smejíš smȅj, smēj
3rd singular sméje, smejí
1st dual sméjeva, smejíva smȇjva
2nd dual sméjeta, smejíta smȇjta
3rd dual sméjeta, smejíta
1st plural sméjemo, smejímo smȇjmo
2nd plural sméjete, smejíte smȇjte
3rd plural sméjejo, smejíjo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • smejati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025