VOCAB.RS

smeti

смети

/smêti/ · imperfective

Ru

VERB

(+ da / inf.) to be allowed to; may

Ovde ne sme da se puši. — Smoking is not allowed here.

Smem li da uđem? — May I come in?
to dare

Nije smeo da joj kaže istinu. — He didn't dare tell her the truth.

Ne smem da gledam horor filmove sama. — I'm too scared to watch horror films alone.

"Ne sme" means "must not", not "doesn't have to" — for that, use "ne mora".

Synonyms:

moći

Forms

	Present tense
ja	smem
ti	smeš
on/ona/ono	sme
mi	smemo
vi	smete
oni/one/ona	smeju

Past (masc.): smeo

Imperative: smej