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velim
velim
Latin
Verb
velim
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of volō
- I may wish, I may want, I would like
References
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: velim tibi ita persuadeas
- convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: velim tibi ita persuadeas
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *velěti, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋěliːm/
- Hyphenation: ve‧lim
Verb
vèlīm impf, pf (Cyrillic spelling вѐлӣм)
- (intransitive) to say
- kako se to veli na engleskom? ― how do you say that in English?
Conjugation
Conjugation of velim
| Lemma form: velim | 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 | veliš | veli | velimo | velite | vele | |
| Future II |
budem velio1 | budeš velio | bude velio | budemo velili | budete velili | budu velili | |
| Past |
Perfect |
velio1 sam | velio si | velio je | velili smo | velili ste | velili su |
| Pluperfect |
bio sam velio1 | bio si velio | bio je velio | bili smo velili | bili ste velili | bili su velili | |
| Imperfect |
veljah | veljaše | veljaše | veljasmo | veljaste | veljahu | |
| Conditional I |
velio1 bih | velio bi | velio bi | velili bismo | velili biste | velili bi | |
| Conditional II |
bio bih velio1 | bio bi velio | bio bi velio | bili bismo velili | bili biste velili | bili bi velili | |
| Imperative |
- | veli | - | velimo | velite | - | |
| Active past participle |
velio m. / velila f. / velilo n. | velili m. / velile f. / velila n. | |||||
| 1 For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively | |||||||
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 of yet.
References
- “velim” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 1, page 349