mljeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

mlȅti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʎêti/
Hyphenation: mlje‧ti

Verb

mljȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling мље̏ти)

(intransitive) to grind, mill
(intransitive, figuratively) to ramble, blather, blabber (usually in a long-winded and incomprehensible way)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mljeti

Infinitive: mljeti		Present verbal adverb: mȅljūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: mljȅvēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		meljem	melješ	melje	meljemo	meljete	melju
Future	Future I	mljet ću¹ mljeću	mljet ćeš¹ mljećeš	mljet će¹ mljeće	mljet ćemo¹ mljećemo	mljet ćete¹ mljećete	mljet će¹ mljeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm mlio²	bȕdēš mlio²	bȕdē mlio²	bȕdēmo mljeli²	bȕdēte mljeli²	bȕdū mljeli²
Past	Perfect	mlio sam²	mlio si²	mlio je²	mljeli smo²	mljeli ste²	mljeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam mlio²	bȉo si mlio²	bȉo je mlio²	bíli smo mljeli²	bíli ste mljeli²	bíli su mljeli²
	Imperfect	meljah	meljaše	meljaše	meljasmo	meljaste	meljahu
Conditional I		mlio bih²	mlio bi²	mlio bi²	mljeli bismo²	mljeli biste²	mljeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih mlio²	bȉo bi mlio²	bȉo bi mlio²	bíli bismo mljeli²	bíli biste mljeli²	bíli bi mljeli²
Imperative		—	melji	—	meljimo	meljite	—
Active past participle		mlio m / mljela f / mljelo n			mljeli m / mljele f / mljela n
Passive past participle		mljeven m / mljevena f / mljeveno n			mljeveni m / mljevene f / mljevena 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

Related terms

mlin