razumiju

Razumiju is the third-person plural present tense form of the Serbo-Croatian verb razumjeti, meaning "to understand." In standard Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian, the form conveys that a group of subjects understands something, as in oni razumiju — they understand. The infinitive of the verb is razumjeti; the related present-tense forms include ja razumijem, ti razumiješ, on/ona/ono razumije, mi razumijemo, vi razumijete, and oni razumiju. The specific form razumiju is the same spelling used for the third-person plural.

Etymology and meaning: razumjeti is built from the root razum- (understanding) with the prefix raz- that can intensify or complete the notion, combined with a verb meaning “to know how” in historical layers of the South Slavic languages. The word is widely used across Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian varieties, as well as in Montenegrin, with minor phonetic or dialectal differences but essentially the same meaning.

Usage and varieties: Razumiju appears in everyday speech, journalism, and literature to express that a group comprehends a situation, instruction, or statement. It is commonly negated with ne razumiju. While razumjeti has an imperfective counterpart in some dialects (and related forms such as razumijevati), the standard present tense form for plural subjects in most contexts remains razumiju. The term is closely related to nouns like razum and the verb razummjeti/razumijevati, which convey related notions of comprehension and understanding.

Related terms: Razum = understanding or sense; razumno/razumno ponašanje relates to reasonableness. Razumijevanje means the act of understanding or comprehension.