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 дава́ць, to give.

This group also incudes verbs whose stem ends in ь or the apostrophe. an example of these is біць, to hit.

11.2 The root ends in a vowel and the root is accented

Verbs of this type conjugate like чака́ць, to wait.

11.3 The root ends in a consonant and the ending is accented

Most verbs of this type conjugate like жыць, to live.

For verbs of this type, whose root ends in д or т for the first person singularn nd thirr дз or **ц for the other persons. They conjugate like кла́сці, *to put.

For verbs of this type, whose root ends in г or к for the first person singularn nd thir ж or **ч for the other persons. They conjugate like пячы́, *to bake.

Verbs of this type, whose root ends in an invariable non-palatized consonant conjugate like бра́ць, to take.

11.4 The root ends in a consonant and the root is accented

Verbs like these conjugate like цягну́ць, to pull.

Verbs of this type, whose root ends in д, conjugate like быць, to be.

Verbs of this type, whose root ends in г, conjugate like магчы́, to be able.

Verbs of this type, whose root ends in an invariably non-palatized consonant, conjugate like рэ́заць, to cut.