spominjati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pòminjati (Bosnia, Serbia)

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
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
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 će1 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 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.

Related terms

• spoménuti pf

Further reading

• “spominjati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔmìːnjati/

Verb

spomínjati impf

1. (reflexive) to remember

Inflection

-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

• spomȋn

Further reading

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