Lower Sorbian/Grammar/Further explanation of conjugatory matters

General listing of verbal endings

	present	past active part.	imperative	aorist/imperfect
1. sg.	-u; -m [1]	r.m: -ł r.ż.: -ła r.n.: -ło	-	-ch
2. sg.	-š	-‘; -i (-y)	-šo
3. sg.	-	-	-šo
1. du.	-mej	-łej	-‘mej; -mej	-chmej
2. du.	-tej	-‘tej; -tej	-štej
3. du.	-tej	-‘tej; -tej	-štej
1. pl.	-my	-li	-‘my; -my	-chmy
2. pl.	-śo	-śo	-šćo
3. pl.	-u	-	-chu

[1] the ending –u belongs to the 1st conjugation; the ending –m belong only to the 2nd and 3rd conjugations, alternatively also in the 1st conjugation

infinitive: -ś; -č; -c
supine: -t
verbal noun: -nje; -śe
past passive participle: -ny; -ty
present active participle: -cy

Complex tenses

Past tense

Appropriate personal form of present tense of byś + past active participle of given verb in an appropriate number and gender, e.g. som pšosył

Future tense

Appropriate personal form of future tense of byś + infinitive, e.g. budu pšosyś

Conditional mood

Present tense: particle by + past active participle in an appropriate number and gender, e.g. by pšosył
Past tense I: an appropriate form of auxiliary aorist of byś + past active participle in an appropriate number and gender, e.g. buch pšosył
Past tense II: particle by + past active participle of byś in an appropriate number and gender + past active participle in an appropriate number and gender, e.g. by był pšosył

Plusquamperfect tense

An appropriate personal form of imperfect of byś + past active participle of a given verb in an appropriate number and gender, e.g. běch pšosył