Second Conjugation
Другое спражэньне
Vocabulary
- стаю — I stand by the window.
- сядзіш — Are you sitting on the table?
- стаяць — They are standing on the sidewalk.
- Людзі стаяць на ходзішчы. —
Our Street
Second Conjugation
Другое спражэньне
8-15Ф: Back Consonants г, к, х
The back consonants г, к, х are ALWAYS followed by і (never ы) in endings and suffixes. This affects verb conjugation, noun declension, and adjective forms:
рукі (not *рукы) — hands
дарогі (not *дарогы) — roads
мухі (not *мухы) — flies
8-I: Second Conjugation — Present Tense
Belarusian verbs belong to one of two conjugation types. Second conjugation verbs have the endings: -у/-ю, -іш, -іць, -ім, -іце, -аць/-яць. Compare this with first conjugation (-у/-ю, -еш, -е, -ем, -еце, -уць).
A model second conjugation verb:
Another second conjugation verb — note how the stem vowel changes in some forms:
Other common verbs that follow this pattern:
сядзе́ць — я сяджу́, ты сядзі́ш — to sit
бачыць — я бачу, ты бачыш — to see
хадзі́ць — я хаджу́, ты хо́дзіш — to walk/go
вучы́ць — я вучу́, ты ву́чыш — to teach/study
Vocabulary
| Belarusian | English | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| стаю | I stand by the window. | — |
| сядзіш | Are you sitting on the table? | — |
| стаяць | They are standing on the sidewalk. | — |
| Людзі стаяць на ходзішчы. | — |
Practice
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