menjati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): mijénjati

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /měːɲati/
Hyphenation: me‧nja‧ti

Verb

ménjati impf (Cyrillic spelling ме́њати)

(transitive, reflexive) to change
(transitive) to exchange
(transitive, grammar) to inflect
(intransitive, reflexive) to exchange with

Conjugation

Conjugation of menjati

Infinitive: menjati		Present verbal adverb: ménjajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ménjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		menjam	menjaš	menja	menjamo	menjate	menjaju
Future	Future I	menjat ću¹ menjaću	menjat ćeš¹ menjaćeš	menjat će¹ menjaće	menjat ćemo¹ menjaćemo	menjat ćete¹ menjaćete	menjat će¹ menjaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm menjao²	bȕdēš menjao²	bȕdē menjao²	bȕdēmo menjali²	bȕdēte menjali²	bȕdū menjali²
Past	Perfect	menjao sam²	menjao si²	menjao je²	menjali smo²	menjali ste²	menjali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam menjao²	bȉo si menjao²	bȉo je menjao²	bíli smo menjali²	bíli ste menjali²	bíli su menjali²
	Imperfect	menjah	menjaše	menjaše	menjasmo	menjaste	menjahu
Conditional I		menjao bih²	menjao bi²	menjao bi²	menjali bismo²	menjali biste²	menjali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih menjao²	bȉo bi menjao²	bȉo bi menjao²	bíli bismo menjali²	bíli biste menjali²	bíli bi menjali²
Imperative		—	menjaj	—	menjajmo	menjajte	—
Active past participle		menjao m / menjala f / menjalo n			menjali m / menjale f / menjala n
Passive past participle		menjan m / menjana f / menjano n			menjani m / menjane f / menjana 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 have nowadays fallen into disuse in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Slovene

Etymology

From menīti +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mèːnjati/, /mɛnjàːti/

Verb

mẹ́njati or menjáti pf

to exchange
to swap

Inflection

-ati -am (AP b or acute)
infinitive	mẹ́njati, menjáti
1st singular	mẹ́njam
infinitive	mẹ́njati, menjáti		menjat
supine	mẹ́njat
verbal noun	mẹ́njanje
	participle		converb
present	menjajọ́č		menjȃje
past	mẹ́njan		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	mẹ́njał	menjȃla, mẹ́njala		menjálo, mẹ́njalo
dual	menjála, mẹ́njala	menjáli, mẹ́njali		menjáli, mẹ́njali
plural	menjáli, mẹ́njali	menjále, mẹ́njale		menjála, mẹ́njala
	present		imperative
1st singular	mẹ́njam		—
2nd singular	mẹ́njaš		mẹ́njaj
3rd singular	mẹ́nja		—
1st dual	mẹ́njava		mẹ́njajva, menjȃjva
2nd dual	mẹ́njata		mẹ́njajta, menjȃjta
3rd dual	mẹ́njata		—
1st plural	mẹ́njamo		mẹ́njajmo, menjȃjmo
2nd plural	mẹ́njate		mẹ́njajte, menjȃjte
3rd plural	mẹ́njajo		—

Derived terms

zamẹ́njati

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