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ponestajati

понестајати

ponèstajati · /poněstajati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. (to someone + gen.) to run out; to be running short
    Ponestaje nam vremena, moramo da požurimo. — We're running out of time, we have to hurry.
    Na kraju maratona počelo mi je da ponestaje snage. — At the end of the marathon I started running out of strength.
  2. (of supplies) to dwindle; to run low
    Zalihe vode u gradu polako ponestaju. — The city's water supplies are slowly running low.

Usually impersonal: the person is in the dative and what runs out is in the genitive (ponestaje mi novca).

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
japonestajem
tiponestaješ
on/ona/onoponestaje
miponestajemo
viponestajete
oni/one/onaponestaju
Past tense: ponestajao, ponestajala, ponestajalo · ponestajali, ponestajale
Future: ponestajaću, ponestajaćeš, ponestajaće, ponestajaćemo, ponestajaćete, ponestajaće
Imperative: ponestaj
AI Updated 23 October 2026