Chapter
11
1st Conjugation Verbs
Most of the difficulty involved with Belarusian
verbs comes from the spelling rules, which distort the ending of the
verb. Careful attention to spelling rules predicts and explains
the different variations of conjugation. Verbs of the 1st
conjugation are called type 1 verbs. Unless otherwise noted, all
verbs here are imperfective.
11.1 The root ends in a vowel
and
the ending is accented
In general, type 1 verbs conjugate like даваць, to
give.
даю
|
даём
|
даеш
|
даяце
|
дае
|
даюць
|
|
|
1st Pers. Sing.
|
2nd Pers. Sing.
|
жаваць
|
to chew
|
жую
|
жуеш
|
пець
|
to sing
|
пяю
|
пяеш
|
This group also incudes verbs whose stem ends in ь
or the apostrophe. An example of these is біць, to hit.
б'ю
|
б'ём
|
б'еш
|
б'яце
|
б'е
|
б'юць
|
ліць
|
to pour
|
лью
|
льеш
|
піць
|
to drink
|
п'ю
|
п'еш
|
11.2 The root ends in a vowel and
the root is accented
Verbs of this type conjugate like чакаць, to wait.
чакаю
|
чакаем
|
чакаеш
|
чакаеце
|
чакае
|
чакаюць
|
гадаць
|
to
guess
|
гадаю
|
гадаеш
|
шыць
|
to
sew
|
шыю
|
шыеш
|
11.3 The root ends in a
consonant
and the ending is accented
Most verbs of this type conjugate like жыць, to live.
жыву
|
жывём
|
жывеш
|
жывяце
|
жыве
|
жывуць
|
|
|
1st Pers. Sing.
|
2nd Pers. Sing.
|
зваць
|
to
call
|
заву
|
завеш
|
грызці
|
to
gnaw
|
грызу
|
грызеш
|
For verbs of this type, whose root ends in д or т
for the first person singular and third person plural, the final
consonant changes to either дз
or ц for the other
persons. They
conjugate like класці,
to put.
кладу
|
кладзём
|
кладзеш
|
кладзяце
|
кладзе
|
кладуць
|
ісці
|
to
go
|
іду
|
ідзеш
|
цвісці
|
to
bloom
|
цвіту
|
цвіцеш
|
For verbs of this type, whose root ends in г or к
for the first person singular and third person plural, the final
consonant changes to either ж
or ч for the other
persons. They
conjugate like пячы, to bake.
пяку
|
пячом
|
пячэш
|
пяцаце
|
пячэ
|
пякуць
|
сячы
|
to
cut up
|
сяку
|
сячэш
|
берагчы
|
to
safeguard
|
берагу
|
беражэш
|
Verbs of this type, whose root ends in an invariable
non-palatized consonant conjugate like браць, to take.
бяру
|
бяром
|
бярэш
|
бераце
|
бярэ
|
бяруць
|
перці
|
to
make one's way
|
пру
|
прэш
|
церці
|
to
rub
|
тру
|
трэш
|
11.4 The root ends in a
consonant
and the root is accented
Verbs like these conjugate like цягнуць, to pull.
цягну
|
цягнем
|
цягнеш
|
цягнеце
|
цягне
|
цягнуць
|
|
|
1st Pers. Sing.
|
2nd Pers. Sing.
|
прыняць
|
to
accept
|
прыму
|
прымеш
|
узяць
|
to
take
|
вазму
|
возмеш
|
Verbs of this type, whose root ends in д, conjugate
like быць, to be.
буду
|
будзем
|
будзеш
|
будзеце
|
будзе
|
будуць
|
ехаць
|
to
go [by vehicle]
|
еду
|
едзеш
|
красці
|
to
steal
|
краду
|
крадзеш
|
Verbs of this type, whose root ends in г, conjugate
like магчы, to be able.
магу
|
можам
|
можаш
|
можаце
|
можа
|
могуць
|
легчы
|
to
lie down
|
лягу
|
ляжаш
|
Verbs of this type, whose root ends in an invariably
non-palatized consonant, conjugate like рэзаць, to cut.
рэжу
|
рэжам
|
рэжаш
|
рэжаце
|
рэжа
|
рэжуць
|
казаць
|
to
say
|
кажу
|
кажаш
|
плакаць
|
to
cry
|
плачу
|
плачаш
|
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