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1.6 Verbs

For verbs we can identify these features:

PERSON

1st, 2nd or 3rd

(osoba)

NUMBER

as above

(číslo)

TENSE

past, present or future

(čas)

VOICE

active or passive

(rod)

MOOD

indicative, imperative, conditional

(způsob)

ASPECT

perfective or imperfective

(vid)

CATEGORY

1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th (5th)

(druh)

Here are some examples to give you an idea of what to imagine under verb categories:

dělám:
I’m doing

1st person, singular, present, active, imperfective, 2nd category, and indicative mood in the following sentence: Dělám domácí úkol.

nespi (!):
don’t sleep

2nd person, singular, present, active, imperative, imperfective, 4th category

byl postaven:
was built

3rd person, singular, past, passive, perfective, 3rd category, and indicative mood in the following sentence: Tento hrad byl postaven v 11. století. (This castle was built in the 11th century.)

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