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Lower Sorbian/Grammar/3rd conjugation
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all over-1-syllable-long verbs ending with -iś, -yś
most of the verbs ending with -eś
verbs ending with -ojaś, -ejaś, -šaś, -žaś, -caś, -šćaś
Present tense
1. sg. pšosym palim 2. sg. pšosyš pališ 3. pl. pšose pale
Imperative
2. 3. sg. pšos! ø, pal!ø
Imperfect
1. sg. pšosach, palach
2. 3. sg. pšosašo, palašo
Other forms
Past active participle: pšosył; palił
Infinitive: pšosyś; paliś [3]
Supine: pšosyt; palit
Present active participle: pšosecy; palecy
Past passive participle: pšosony; palony
Verbal noun: pšosenje, palenje
Notes
[1] verbs with infinitive ending in -iś, -yś, -aś form imperfect with -ach, -ašo; verbs with -eś form imperfect with -ech, ešo
[2] verbs with infinitive with –iś, -yś, the stems of which end in consonantal group, form an imperative with –i, e.g. modli!
[3] compounds ending in -iś, -yś, -eś form their proper present tense (durative) in 1. conjugation by lengthening the stem with a suffix -ij, -yj, -ej; forms of present tense in 3. conjugation have futural meaning, e.g. se gorjeś `burn`, se zagorjejo
`he burns`, se zagorjo `he will burn`
Verbs not fitting the pattern
rdžaś (džaś) `shiver`: pres.džym, džyš, džy, etc., 3. pl. džyju (džaju); pres. act. part. džujucy (džajucy); imperative: džyj (džaj)
gorjeś se `burn`: in present tense according to 1. conjugation - gorju, gorjoš, gorjo se; pres. act. part. gorjecy; imperf. gorješo se
kśěś `want`
spaś `sleep`: pres. spim, spiš... 3. pl.spě (spiju); imperative spi!; pres. act. part. spicy (spijucy); impf. spach
spomńeś `evoke, remind`: pres.=fut. spomnim, spomniš... spomnjeju or spomnu, spomnjoš... spomnjeju; aor. spomnjech; imperative spomnjej!
wocuśeś `wake`: pres. wocuśeju, wocuśejoš
verbs ending in -ojaś, -ejaś in present tense and aorist omit vowel -a- from the stem ending, e.g. se bojaś - ja se bojm