Czech/Verbs

Present Czech verbs in infinitive usually end by -t or -ti but we can find some with -ci or -ct which doesn't influence conjugation at all. However the most important verbs such as být (to be) are irregular so the best way to learn them is separately for ex. from this summary. To be able to conjugate regular ones we have to divide them in 5 classes based on their present form in the 3rd person of singular. Native speaker does it naturally and most of Czechs doesn't even know about existence of classes. Foreigner has to learn not just infinitives and their traductions but the present in 3rd p. of sg. If you know it, you can simply change the suffixe for other person. Frequently-used verbs and their present form in 3rd p. of sg czech infinitivepresent formtranslation (infinitive)classčíston čteto readhe's reading1jet/jíton jdeto gohe's going1psáton píšeto writehe's writing1žíton žijeto livehe's living3milovaton milujeto lovehe loves3státon stojíto stand/to costhe's standing4spáton spíto sleephe's sleeping4jíston jíto eathe's eating4volaton voláto callhe's calling5 1st class: -e nést - on nese (to carry) sgpl1stjá nesumy neseme2ndty nesešvy nesete3rdon neseoni nesou psát - on píše (to write) sgpl1stjá píšimy píšeme2ndty píšešvy píšete3rdon píšeoni píší 2nd class: -ne začít - on začne (to start) sgpl1stjá začnumy začneme2ndty začnešvy začnete3rdon začneoni začnou 3rd class: -je kupovat - on kupuje (to buy) sgpl1stjá kupujimy kupujeme2ndty kupuješvy kupujete3rdon kupujeoni kupují 4th class: -í prosit - on prosí (to beg) sgpl1stjá prosímmy prosíme2ndty prosíšvy prosíte3rdon prosíoni prosí 5th class: -á dělat - on dělá (to do) sgpl1stjá dělámmy děláme2ndty dělášvy děláte3rdon děláoni dělají