zameniti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

zamijéniti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaměniti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zaměːniti/
Hyphenation: za‧me‧ni‧ti

Verb

zaméniti pf (Cyrillic spelling заме́нити)

(transitive) to exchange (currency, items etc.)
(transitive) to replace (duty, role, job, etc.)
(transitive) to mistake

Conjugation

Conjugation of zameniti

Infinitive: zameniti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zaménīvši		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		zamenim	zameniš	zameni	zamenimo	zamenite	zamene
Future	Future I	zamenit ću¹ zameniću	zamenit ćeš¹ zamenićeš	zamenit će¹ zameniće	zamenit ćemo¹ zamenićemo	zamenit ćete¹ zamenićete	zamenit će¹ zameniće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zamenio²	bȕdēš zamenio²	bȕdē zamenio²	bȕdēmo zamenili²	bȕdēte zamenili²	bȕdū zamenili²
Past	Perfect	zamenio sam²	zamenio si²	zamenio je²	zamenili smo²	zamenili ste²	zamenili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zamenio²	bȉo si zamenio²	bȉo je zamenio²	bíli smo zamenili²	bíli ste zamenili²	bíli su zamenili²
	Aorist	zamenih	zameni	zameni	zamenismo	zameniste	zameniše
Conditional I		zamenio bih²	zamenio bi²	zamenio bi²	zamenili bismo²	zamenili biste²	zamenili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zamenio²	bȉo bi zamenio²	bȉo bi zamenio²	bíli bismo zamenili²	bíli biste zamenili²	bíli bi zamenili²
Imperative		—	zameni	—	zamenimo	zamenite	—
Active past participle		zamenio m / zamenila f / zamenilo n			zamenili m / zamenile f / zamenila n
Passive past participle		zamenjen m / zamenjena f / zamenjeno n			zamenjeni m / zamenjene f / zamenjena 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

zamenjívati impf