Poredak se mijenja.

oneself (reflexive, accusative short form)

Breakdown of Poredak se mijenja.

• mijenjati: to change
• poredak: the standings; ranking

Questions & Answers about Poredak se mijenja.

What does se do in Poredak se mijenja?

Here, se is a short clitic that makes mijenjati into mijenjati se, which means to change in the sense of to undergo change.

It usually does not mean a literal English itself here. So this is not really the order changes itself in normal English.

A useful contrast is:

• mijenjati = to change something
• mijenjati se = to change, to be changing, to undergo change

So:

• Mijenjam poredak. = I am changing the order.
• Poredak se mijenja. = The order is changing / being changed.

Why is the verb mijenja and not some other form?

Because the subject is poredak, which is singular, so the verb must be 3rd person singular present.

The infinitive is mijenjati se. Its present-tense form here is:

• (on/ona/ono) se mijenja = he/she/it changes / is changing

Since poredak is a singular noun, Croatian uses the same verb form as it would with it in English.

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