smenjivati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

smjenjívati (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /smeɲǐːʋati/
Hyphenation: sme‧nji‧va‧ti

Verb

smenjívati impf (Cyrillic spelling смењи́вати)

(transitive) to change, replace, substitute somebody
(transitive) to dismiss somebody (from a position)

Conjugation

Conjugation of smenjivati

Infinitive: smenjivati		Present verbal adverb: smènjujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: smenjívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smenjujem	smenjuješ	smenjuje	smenjujemo	smenjujete	smenjuju
Future	Future I	smenjivat ću¹ smenjivaću	smenjivat ćeš¹ smenjivaćeš	smenjivat će¹ smenjivaće	smenjivat ćemo¹ smenjivaćemo	smenjivat ćete¹ smenjivaćete	smenjivat će¹ smenjivaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm smenjivao²	bȕdēš smenjivao²	bȕdē smenjivao²	bȕdēmo smenjivali²	bȕdēte smenjivali²	bȕdū smenjivali²
Past	Perfect	smenjivao sam²	smenjivao si²	smenjivao je²	smenjivali smo²	smenjivali ste²	smenjivali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam smenjivao²	bȉo si smenjivao²	bȉo je smenjivao²	bíli smo smenjivali²	bíli ste smenjivali²	bíli su smenjivali²
	Imperfect	smenjivah	smenjivaše	smenjivaše	smenjivasmo	smenjivaste	smenjivahu
Conditional I		smenjivao bih²	smenjivao bi²	smenjivao bi²	smenjivali bismo²	smenjivali biste²	smenjivali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih smenjivao²	bȉo bi smenjivao²	bȉo bi smenjivao²	bíli bismo smenjivali²	bíli biste smenjivali²	bíli bi smenjivali²
Imperative		—	smenjuj	—	smenjujmo	smenjujte	—
Active past participle		smenjivao m / smenjivala f / smenjivalo n			smenjivali m / smenjivale f / smenjivala n
Passive past participle		smenjivan m / smenjivana f / smenjivano n			smenjivani m / smenjivane f / smenjivana 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

sméniti pf