PRESENT TENSE (SEDANJIK)
Verbs in -a-
Example: delati [ to do ]
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| SINGULAR |
| DUAL |
| PLURAL |
1st person | (jaz) | delam | (midva/medve) | delava | (mi/me) | delamo |
2nd person | (ti) | delaš | (vidva/vedve) | delata | (vi/ve) | delate |
3rd person | (on/ona/ono) | dela | (onadva/onidve) | delata | (oni/one/ona) | delajo |
Verbs in -e-
Example: razumeti [ to understand ]
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| SINGULAR |
| DUAL |
| PLURAL |
1st person | (jaz) | razumem | (midva/medve) | razumeva | (mi/me) | razumemo |
2nd person | (ti) | razumeš | (vidva/vedve) | razumeta | (vi/ve) | razumete |
3rd person | (on/ona/ono) | razume | (onadva/onidve) | razumeta | (oni/one/ona) | razumejo |
Verbs in -i-
Example: ponoviti [ to repeat ]
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| SINGULAR |
| DUAL |
| PLURAL |
1st person | (jaz) | ponovim | (midva/medve) | ponoviva | (mi/me) | ponovimo |
2nd person | (ti) | ponoviš | (vidva/vedve) | ponovita | (vi/ve) | ponovite |
3rd person | (on/ona/ono) | ponovi | (onadva/onidve) | ponovita | (oni/one/ona) | ponovijo |
Some verbs ending in -ATI conjugate like verbs in -e- and also change the consonant in the stem.
Examples: iskati (isčem) [ to look for ] klicati (kličem) [ to call ] pisati (pišem) [ to write ] plesati (plešem) [ to dance ] risati (rišem) [ to draw ]
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Some verbs ending in -ATI conjugate like verbs in -i-
Examples: molčati (molčim) [ to be quiet ] spati (spim) [ to sleep ] slišati (slišim) [ to hear ]
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In all verbs ending in -OVATI the infinitive suffix -ova- is replaced by -uje-
Examples: kupovati (kupujem) [ to buy ] potovati (potujem) [ to travel ] stanovati (stanujem) [ to live, to reside ]
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Other verbs conjugate as follows:
brati (berem) [ to read ] peljati (peljem) [ to drive ] prati (perem) [ to wash ] stati (stanem) [ to cost ]
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Most verbs verbs ending in -ETI conjugate like verbs in -i-
Examples: sedeti (sedim) [ to sit ] želeti (želim) [ to wish ] živeti (živim) [ to live ] videti (vidim) [ to see ]
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Some verbs have an infinitive ending in -ČI. They conjugate like verbs in -e-.
Examples: peči (pečem) [ to bake, to roast ] reči (rečem) [ to say ] teči (tečem) [ to run ]
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The verb PETI conjugates as follows:
peti (pojem) [ to sing ]
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Other common verbs with irregular forms are:
najiti (najdem) [ to find ] piti (pijem) [ to drink ] priti (pridem) [ to come ] začeti (začnem) [ to start ] iti (grem, greš, gre, greva, gresta, gresta, gremo, greste, grejo/gredo ) [ to go ] jesti (jem, ješ, je, jeva, jesta, jesta, jemo, jeste, jejo/jedo) [ to eat ] vedeti (vem, veš, ve, veva, vesta, vesta, vemo, veste, vejo/vedo) [ to know ]
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