Sunday, February 05, 2012
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Unit 1: Introductions
Lesson 4: I-Verbs
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Click on the bold word to hear its pronunciation.

болница - noun - hospital
во - preposition - in, at
вие - pronoun - you (plural and formal)
и - conjunction - and, also
јас - pronoun - I
каде - interrogative - where
ние - pronoun - we
пошта - noun - post office
продавница - noun - store
работи - verb - work
таа - pronoun - she
ти - pronoun - you (informal)
тие - pronoun - they
тоа - pronoun - it
тој - pronoun - he
училиште - noun - school


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There are three types of verbs based on their last vowel in the dictionary form: a-verbs, e-verbs, and и-verbs, i.e. those ending in a, e, and и, respectively, in the form found in the dictionary. For verbs that end in -и in the dictionary, in order to form the present tense, the final -и is replaced in the first person singular with an -a- and removed completely in the third person plural. Then the endings you are already familiar with are added:

јас -(replace final и with a)м
ти -ш
тој -
ние -ме
вие -те
тие -(remove final и)ат

where the - represents the dictionary form.

Note: with verbs ending in -oи in the third person singular form of the present tense, a -j- is added between the -o- and -a- in the first person singular and third person plural. To see this in action, view the i-verbs part 2 tutorial.


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