Czech has four classes of regular verbs:
The first class of verbs end in -at or -át and are conjugated like this:
dělat
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive Czech verbs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The second class of verbs end in -ovat, -out, -ýt or -ít.
kupovat
| Indicative | Imperative | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | Present | Past | Future | |||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||
| I | kupuji, (informal) kupuju | kupoval jsem | kupovala jsem | kupovalo jsem | budu kupovat | — | ||
| you (singular) | kupuješ | kupoval jsi, (informal) kupovals | kupovala jsi, (informal) kupovalas | kupovalo jsi, (informal) kupovalos | budeš kupovat | kupuj | ||
| you (polite) | kupujete | kupoval jste | kupovala jste | kupovalo jste | budete kupovat | kupujte | ||
| he/she/it | kupuje | kupoval | kupovala | kupovalo | bude kupovat | — | ||
| we | kupujeme , (informal) kupujem | kupovali jsme | kupovaly jsme | kupovala jsme | budeme kupovat | kupujme | ||
| you (plural) | kupujete | kupovali jste | kupovaly jste | kupovala jste | budete kupovat | kupujte | ||
| they | kupují, (informal) kupujou | kupovali | kupovaly | kupovaly | kupovala | budou kupovat | — | |
| Conditional | ||||||||
| person | Present | Past | ||||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| animate | inanimate | animate | inanimate | |||||
| I | kupoval bych | kupovala bych | kupovalo bych | byl bych kupoval | byla bych kupovala | bylo bych kupovalo | ||
| you (singular) | kupoval bys | kupovala bys | kupovalo bys | byl bys kupoval | byla bys kupovala | bylo bys kupovalo | ||
| you (polite) | kupoval byste | kupovala byste | kupovalo byste | byl byste kupoval | byla byste kupovala | bylo byste kupovalo | ||
| he/she/it | kupoval by | kupovala by | kupovalo by | byl by kupoval | byla by kupovala | bylo by kupovalo | ||
| we | kupovali bychom | kupovaly bychom | kupovala bychom | byli bychom kupovali | byly bychom kupovaly | byla bychom kupovala | ||
| you (plural) | kupovali byste | kupovaly byste | kupovala byste | byli byste kupovali | byly byste kupovaly | byla byste kupovala | ||
| they | kupovali by | kupovaly by | kupovaly by | kupovala by | byli by kupovali | byly by kupovaly | byly by kupovaly | byla by kupovala |
| Participle | ||||||||
| Number | Active (Perfect) | Passive | ||||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| animate | inanimate | animate | inanimate | |||||
| singular | kupoval | kupovala | kupovalo | kupován | kupována | kupováno | ||
| plural | kupovali | kupovaly | kupovaly | kupovala | kupováni | kupovány | kupovány | kupována |
| transgressive present | transgressive past | |||||||
| Number | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| singular | kupujíce | kupujíc | kupovav | kupovavši | ||||
| plural | kupujíce | kupovavše | ||||||
| Infinitive | Verbal adjective | Gerund | ||||||
| kupovat | kupující | kupování | ||||||
The third class of verbs end in -it, -et or -ět such as:
| Present Singular | Present Plural | Past Singular | Past Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | prosím | prosíme | prosil jsem, prosila jsem | prosili jsme, prosily jsme |
| 2nd person | prosíš | prosíte | prosil jsi, prosila jsi | prosili jste, prosily jste |
| 3rd person | prosí | prosí | prosil, prosila, prosilo | prosili, prosily |
The fourth class of verbs end in -out or -ci such as:
| Present Singular | Present Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | peču | pečeme |
| 2nd person | pečeš | pečete |
| 3rd person | peče | pečou |
Exceptions include words like mít (to have) and být (to be)