menjàveu

Menjàveu is a Catalan verb form. It is the second-person plural imperfect indicative of the verb menjar, meaning to eat. In this form, the subject is vosaltres (you all).

The imperfect in Catalan expresses past actions that were ongoing or habitual. Menjàveu is used in narratives or descriptions to indicate what you all were eating in the past or what you used to eat. Example: Quan éreu petits, vosaltres menjàveu pa amb tomàquet cada dia.

Other imperfect forms of menjar include: jo menjava, tu menjaves, ell/ella menjava, nosaltres menjàvem, ells/elles menjaven. These forms share the same stem but differ in person and number.

Orthography and dialect: The form is written with a grave accent on the a, producing menjàveu. Accents help mark the stressed syllable in the imperfect conjugation. The form is standard in modern Catalan; dialectal varieties may show minor pronunciation differences but generally retain the same spelling in formal writing.

Related topics include the verb menjar and Catalan verb conjugation patterns. Menjàveu is part of the broader system for expressing past actions in Catalan and illustrates how past tense forms align with subject pronouns in the language.