zameniti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ mena

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): zamijéniti

Pronunciation

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

Verb

zaméniti pf (Cyrillic spelling заме́нити)

1. (transitive) to exchange (currency, items etc.)
2. (transitive) to replace (duty, role, job, etc.)
3. (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 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