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Arabic Ukrainian Verb Conjugations
Complete conjugation tables for the 20 most essential Ukrainian verbs. Each verb includes present tense, past tense (by gender), future tense, imperative forms, aspect pairs, and practical example sentences with transliteration.
How Ukrainian Verb Conjugation Works
Ukrainian verbs belong to one of two conjugation classes determined by their present-tense endings. Like Russian, Ukrainian features a verbal aspect system where nearly every verb exists as an imperfective/perfective pair.
- Imperfective (недоконаний вид) — describes ongoing, habitual, or repeated actions
- Perfective (доконаний вид) — describes completed, one-time actions with a definite result
The past tense in Ukrainian agrees with the subject's gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and number (singular/plural), not with person. The future tense of imperfective verbs uses буду + infinitive, while perfective verbs use their conjugated present-tense forms for the future. Ukrainian also has three imperative forms: ти (informal singular), ми (let's), and ви (formal/plural).
Tenses & Forms Covered
Present Tense
All 6 person forms (Теперішній час)
Past Tense
Masculine, feminine, neuter & plural (Минулий час)
Future Tense
Compound imperfective future (Майбутній час)
Imperative
ти, ми & ви forms (Наказовий спосіб)
Aspect Pairs
Imperfective & perfective partners
Irregular & Mixed Verbs (3)
These verbs have irregular conjugation patterns or mix elements from both conjugation classes.
1st Conjugation Verbs (9)
First conjugation verbs use endings -у/-ю, -єш, -є, -ємо, -єте, -ють in the present tense.
2nd Conjugation Verbs (8)
Second conjugation verbs use endings -у/-ю, -иш, -ить, -имо, -ите, -ять/-ать in the present tense.