velim

See also: velím and Velim

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.lim/, [ˈu̯ɛlʲɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.lim/, [ˈvɛːlim]

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^[1], 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.

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.

Further reading

• “velim”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “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