велим

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈlʲim]

Verb

вели́м • (velím)

1. inflection of веле́ть (velétʹ):
   1. first-person plural present indicative imperfective
   2. first-person plural future indicative perfective

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋěliːm/
• Hyphenation: ве‧лим

Verb

вѐлӣм impf or pf (Latin spelling vèlīm)

1. (intransitive) to say

   Како се то вели на енглеском? ― How do you say that in English?

Usage notes

This verb is defective and has no infinitive form. Hypothetically, it would be *veljeti/*veleti. Some dictionaries mention it as such; however, it has not been attested in Serbo-Croatian as yet.

This verb can only be used in the present and imperfect.

Conjugation

Conjugation of велим

Infinitive: —		Present verbal adverb: вѐле̄ћи		Past verbal adverb: вѐлӣвши		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		велим	велиш	вели	велимо	велите	веле
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м велио2	бу̏де̄ш велио2	бу̏де̄ велио2	бу̏де̄мо велили2	бу̏де̄те велили2	бу̏дӯ велили2
Past	Perfect	велио сам2	велио си2	велио је2	велили смо2	велили сте2	велили су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам велио2	би̏о си велио2	би̏о је велио2	би́ли смо велили2	би́ли сте велили2	би́ли су велили2
	Imperfect	вељах	вељаше	вељаше	вељасмо	вељасте	вељаху
Conditional I		велио бих2	велио би2	велио би2	велили бисмо2	велили бисте2	велили би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих велио2	би̏о би велио2	би̏о би велио2	би́ли бисмо велили2	би́ли бисте велили2	би́ли би велили2
Imperative		—	вели	—	велимо	велите	—
Active past participle		велио m / велила f / велило n			велили m / велиле f / велила 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.

Further reading

• “велим”, in Raskovnik (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2024
• “велим”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “велим”, 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