velim

Latin

Verb

velim

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of volō
  1. I may wish, I may want, I would like

References
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 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 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.[1]

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 velio1 bude velio1 budemo velili1 budete velili1 budu velili1
Past Perfect velio sam1 velio si1 velio je1 velili smo1 velili ste1 velili su1
Pluperfect2 bio sam velio1 bio si velio1 bio je velio1 bili smo velili1 bili ste velili1 bili su velili1
Imperfect veljah veljaše veljaše veljasmo veljaste veljahu
Conditional I velio bih1 velio bi1 velio bi1 velili bismo1 velili biste1 velili bi1
Conditional II bio bih velio1 bio bi velio1 bio bi velio1 bili bismo velili1 bili biste velili1 bili bi velili1
Imperative — veli — velimo velite —
Active past participle velio m / velila f / velilo n velili m / velile f / velila n
1   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.
2   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

References
  1. Речник српскога језика, Матица српска, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “velim” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “velim”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 349
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