Lower Sorbian/Grammar/3rd conjugation

• 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