umeti

See also: uměti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ùmjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uměti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔmeti/
• Hyphenation: u‧me‧ti

Verb

ùmeti impf (Cyrillic spelling у̀мети)

1. (intransitive) to know how (to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of umeti

infinitive		umeti
present verbal adverb		ùmejūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		ùmēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		umem	umeš	ume	umemo	umete	umeju
future	future I	umet ću1 umeću	umet ćeš1 umećeš	umet će1 umeće	umet ćemo1 umećemo	umet ćete1 umećete	umet ćē1 umeće
	future II	bȕdēm umeo2	bȕdēš umeo2	bȕdē umeo2	bȕdēmo umeli2	bȕdēte umeli2	bȕdū umeli2
past	perfect	umeo sam2	umeo si2	umeo je2	umeli smo2	umeli ste2	umeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam umeo2	bȉo si umeo2	bȉo je umeo2	bíli smo umeli2	bíli ste umeli2	bíli su umeli2
	imperfect	umijah	umijaše	umijaše	umijasmo	umijaste	umijahu
conditional	conditional I	umeo bih2	umeo bi2	umeo bi2	umeli bismo2	umeli biste2	umeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih umeo2	bȉo bi umeo2	bȉo bi umeo2	bíli bismo umeli2	bíli biste umeli2	bíli bi umeli2
imperative		—	umej	—	umejmo	umejte	—
active past participle		umeo m / umela f / umelo n			umeli m / umele f / umela 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

• razumeti
• izumeti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *uměti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umèːti/

Verb

umẹ́ti impf or pf

1. to understand, to grasp
2. to know how, to be able

Conjugation

infinitive	umẹ́ti
1st singular	ȗmem
infinitive	umẹ́ti			umet
supine	umȅt, umẹ̑t
verbal noun	umẹ̑tje
	participle			converb
present	umȅč			—
past	úmljen			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	umȅł, umẹ̑ł, úmeł		umẹ̄la		umẹ̄lo
dual	umẹ̄la		umẹ̄li		umẹ̄li
plural	umẹ̄li		umẹ̄le		umẹ̄la
	present			imperative
1st singular	ȗmem			—
2nd singular	ȗmeš			úmi
3rd singular	ȗme			—
1st dual	ȗmeva			úmiva, umȋva
2nd dual	ȗmeta			úmita, umȋta
3rd dual	ȗmeta			—
1st plural	ȗmemo			úmimo, umȋmo
2nd plural	ȗmete			úmite, umȋte
3rd plural	ȗmejo			—

Derived terms

• doumẹ́ti
• razumẹ́ti

Further reading

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