Czech/Verbs

Present

Czech verbs in infinitive usually end by -t or -ti but we can find some with -ci or -ct which doesn't influence conjugation at all. However the most important verbs such as být (to be) are irregular so the best way to learn them is separately for ex. from this summary. To be able to conjugate regular ones we have to divide them in 5 classes based on their present form in the 3^rd person of singular. Native speaker does it naturally and most of Czechs doesn't even know about existence of classes. Foreigner has to learn not just infinitives and their traductions but the present in 3^rd p. of sg. If you know it, you can simply change the suffixe for other person.

Frequently-used verbs and their present form in 3^rd p. of sg

czech infinitive	present form	translation (infinitive)		class
číst	on čte	to read	he's reading	1
jet/jít	on jde	to go	he's going	1
psát	on píše	to write	he's writing	1
žít	on žije	to live	he's living	3
milovat	on miluje	to love	he loves	3
stát	on stojí	to stand/to cost	he's standing	4
spát	on spí	to sleep	he's sleeping	4
jíst	on jí	to eat	he's eating	4
volat	on volá	to call	he's calling	5

1^st class: -e

nést - on nese (to carry)

	sg	pl
1st	já nesu	my neseme
2nd	ty neseš	vy nesete
3rd	on nese	oni nesou

psát - on píše (to write)

	sg	pl
1st	já píši	my píšeme
2nd	ty píšeš	vy píšete
3rd	on píše	oni píší

2^nd class: -ne

začít - on začne (to start)

	sg	pl
1st	já začnu	my začneme
2nd	ty začneš	vy začnete
3rd	on začne	oni začnou

3^rd class: -je

kupovat - on kupuje (to buy)

	sg	pl
1st	já kupuji	my kupujeme
2nd	ty kupuješ	vy kupujete
3rd	on kupuje	oni kupují

4^th class: -í

prosit - on prosí (to beg)

	sg	pl
1st	já prosím	my prosíme
2nd	ty prosíš	vy prosíte
3rd	on prosí	oni prosí

5^th class: -á

dělat - on dělá (to do)

	sg	pl
1st	já dělám	my děláme
2nd	ty děláš	vy děláte
3rd	on dělá	oni dělají