spominjati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spǒmiɲati/
  • Hyphenation: spo‧mi‧nja‧ti

Verb

spòminjati impf (Cyrillic spelling спо̀мињати)

  1. (transitive) to mention
  2. (reflexive) to remember

Conjugation

Conjugation of spominjati
infinitive spominjati
present verbal adverb spòminjūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun spòminjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present spominjem spominješ spominje spominjemo spominjete spominju
future future I spominjat ću1
spominjaću
spominjat ćeš1
spominjaćeš
spominjat će1
spominjaće
spominjat ćemo1
spominjaćemo
spominjat ćete1
spominjaćete
spominjat ćē1
spominjaće
future II bȕdēm spominjao2 bȕdēš spominjao2 bȕdē spominjao2 bȕdēmo spominjali2 bȕdēte spominjali2 bȕdū spominjali2
past perfect spominjao sam2 spominjao si2 spominjao je2 spominjali smo2 spominjali ste2 spominjali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam spominjao2 bȉo si spominjao2 bȉo je spominjao2 bíli smo spominjali2 bíli ste spominjali2 bíli su spominjali2
imperfect spominjah spominjaše spominjaše spominjasmo spominjaste spominjahu
conditional conditional I spominjao bih2 spominjao bi2 spominjao bi2 spominjali bismo2 spominjali biste2 spominjali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih spominjao2 bȉo bi spominjao2 bȉo bi spominjao2 bíli bismo spominjali2 bíli biste spominjali2 bíli bi spominjali2
imperative spominji spominjimo spominjite
active past participle spominjao m / spominjala f / spominjalo n spominjali m / spominjale f / spominjala n
passive past participle spominjan m / spominjana f / spominjano n spominjani m / spominjane f / spominjana 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.

Further reading

  • spominjati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔmìːnjati/

Verb

spomínjati impf

  1. (reflexive) to remember

Conjugation

-ati -am (acute)
infinitive spomínjati
1st singular spomínjam
infinitive spomínjati spominjat
supine spomínjat
verbal noun spomínjanje
participle converb
present spominjajọ̄č spominjȃje
past spomínjan
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular spomínjał spomínjala spomínjalo
dual spomínjala spomínjali spomínjali
plural spomínjali spomínjale spomínjala
present imperative
1st singular spomínjam
2nd singular spomínjaš spomínjaj
3rd singular spomínja
1st dual spomínjava spomínjajva
2nd dual spomínjata spomínjajta
3rd dual spomínjata
1st plural spomínjamo spomínjajmo
2nd plural spomínjate spomínjajte
3rd plural spomínjajo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • spominjati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • spominjati”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references