smanjivati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /smaɲǐːʋati/
Hyphenation: sma‧nji‧va‧ti

Verb edit

smanjívati impf (Cyrillic spelling смањи́вати)

(transitive) to reduce, lessen, make smaller (in size or volume, also figuratively)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of smanjivati

Infinitive: smanjivati		Present verbal adverb: smànjujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: smanjívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smanjujem	smanjuješ	smanjuje	smanjujemo	smanjujete	smanjuju
Future	Future I	smanjivat ću¹ smanjivaću	smanjivat ćeš¹ smanjivaćeš	smanjivat će¹ smanjivaće	smanjivat ćemo¹ smanjivaćemo	smanjivat ćete¹ smanjivaćete	smanjivat će¹ smanjivaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm smanjivao²	bȕdēš smanjivao²	bȕdē smanjivao²	bȕdēmo smanjivali²	bȕdēte smanjivali²	bȕdū smanjivali²
Past	Perfect	smanjivao sam²	smanjivao si²	smanjivao je²	smanjivali smo²	smanjivali ste²	smanjivali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam smanjivao²	bȉo si smanjivao²	bȉo je smanjivao²	bíli smo smanjivali²	bíli ste smanjivali²	bíli su smanjivali²
	Imperfect	smanjivah	smanjivaše	smanjivaše	smanjivasmo	smanjivaste	smanjivahu
Conditional I		smanjivao bih²	smanjivao bi²	smanjivao bi²	smanjivali bismo²	smanjivali biste²	smanjivali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih smanjivao²	bȉo bi smanjivao²	bȉo bi smanjivao²	bíli bismo smanjivali²	bíli biste smanjivali²	bíli bi smanjivali²
Imperative		—	smanjuj	—	smanjujmo	smanjujte	—
Active past participle		smanjivao m / smanjivala f / smanjivalo n			smanjivali m / smanjivale f / smanjivala n
Passive past participle		smanjivan m / smanjivana f / smanjivano n			smanjivani m / smanjivane f / smanjivana 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.

Related terms edit

smánjiti pf