Ukrainian Verb Conjugations | Present tense | Ukrainian lesson 10

The topic "Verb Conjugations" is very important in the Ukrainian language. You need to know how to conjugate verbs even at the elementary level to have a quality conversation in the present tense. This is one of the most basic topics in Ukrainian grammar for beginners.
Use this lesson as your grammar digest, where you will learn the rules and exceptions, but don't forget to practice each verb separately in phrases.
In this lesson, we will find out what are verb conjugations in Ukrainian, how to define the verb conjugation from the infinitive, and which endings to use for different persons. 95% of the verbs in the lesson are verbs of A1 level.
There are two conjugations in Ukrainian:
1st conjugation (Є/Е-conjugation)
2nd conjugation (И/Ї-conjugation)
Watch the video to see how to form them. Grab a notebook, and a pen, make notes and do the tasks I give you during the lesson.
Lesson content:
00:00 - beginning
00:30 - what are conjugations in Ukrainian and why do we need them
03:00 - two types of conjugations (1st conjugation, 2nd conjugation)
04:05 - endings of verb conjugations
07:15 - 1st conjugation (verbs with the ending -ати) + exceptions
13:41 - 1st conjugation (verbs with the ending -яти) + exceptions
16:00 - 1st conjugation (verbs with the ending -вати) + exceptions
19:44 - 1st conjugation (verbs with the ending -ути) + exceptions
21:18 - 1st conjugation (verbs to memorize)
25:25 - 2nd conjugation (verbs with the ending -ити, -іти), sound alternations + exceptions
32:05 - 2nd conjugation (verbs with the ending -їти)
33:10 - 2nd conjugation (verbs with the ending -ати, -яти)
34:37 - Irregular verbs in Ukrainian (їсти, бути)
If you have questions, write in the comments!
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Kindly,
Nika Minchenko,
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Дуже дякую, Ніка! I have just started verb conjugations by myself! Your video is extremely helpful! Your explanation/presentation is so easy to understand!

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This video was so helpful for someone just starting to learn Ukrainian! Thank you so very much!

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Дуже дякую. Excellent explanations. I've been trying to get my head around the patterns in verb conjugation for a while, and this really helps me understand the rules and exceptions.

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This was wonderful. I took this lesson over a period of several days and I feel I got a much better understanding of verb conjugations. Thanks!

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Excellent lesson on verbs. Thank you!!!

[@VERBA_SCHOOL]

Thank you, Torun! :)

[@nurseSean]

Once I understand this lesson it would be helpful to have a short video that will repeat of just pronunciation in Ukrainian. This will allow students to memorize a basic verb conjugation. Just concentrating on Ukrainian allows me to hear the sounds that are uncommon in English.

[@jeroen1158]

Thanks Nika for putting together this detailed information about the conjugation groups and forms. The video is very well structured, I can see you spent a lot of time on this. The video will definitely help me to be more confident about the conjugation in the present tense.

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Thanks a lot for your kind feedback, Jeroen ❤️🙏

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[@claudiahansen4938]

First 25 minutes devoted to the first conjugation. Lots of exceptions and memorization. Good explanations though.

[@Erkilmarl]

Perhaps the alterations in the first person singular have happened naturally? If you try to say я ходи-ю many times and fast, it just becomes я ходжу. And thank you for a very good explanation of conjugations!

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Привіт Ніко 😄. Ви знаєте, я стежу за вами з того часу, як три роки тому почав вивчати російську мову, і завжди знаходив ваші відео неймовірно корисними. Таким чином, відмінювання українських дієслів нескладно, хоча я б сказав, що як група слів дієслова, безумовно, найскладніші, я трохи борюся з різними приставками, вони, здається, йдуть дещо іншою системою, ніж російська, деякі не існують, деякі змінені, так що тут є над чим попрацювати. Також я порадив би вам переробити відео, яке ви зробили російською мовою, з різними звуками тварин і спорідненими дієсловами, а також відео, яке ви зробили з назвами функцій тіла. Я бачив ці відео багато разів, такої інформації немає в жодній книзі.

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Дуже дякую, Ларсе, за такий відгук! 🙏 Мені дуже приємно! Я обов'язково зніму такі відео українською) так багато ідей, і замало часу 🙈🙈🙈

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The verb "be" бути used to be Я єсьм Ми єсьмо Ти єси Ви єсте Він єсть Вони суть Actually, in some dialects it preserves

[@user-wd1jp3xl3y]

Hi! Super, super, super, SUPER helpful channel! I have one question as I've tried to apply this framework to other verbs. Розуміти - is this an exception to the second conjugation? It seems to follow the rules for the first conjugation when I see it in practice or look it up. Thanks for your response!

[@VERBA_SCHOOL]

Yeah, we just need to remember some verbs unfortunately 🙈 Розуміти, вагітніти, хворіти, непритомніти, радіти, володіти, шаленіти - all these verbs with -іти are the first conjugation. Most of them are not of the level A1,so I did include them.

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Я розумію :) That's what I figured. Again, thank you so much!!@@VERBA_SCHOOL

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[@tonifalcon9732]

Knowing conjugation in russian helps a lot. Can you recommend a handbook for ukrainain levels A1/A2?

[@zipfslaw3771]

The best textbook that I know of is called Beginner's Ukrainian, by Yuri Shevchuk. It is in its second edition, and I think the third edition is expected to come out soon. And yes, I have tried almost all of them!!!

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Найкраще пояснення дієвідмін - дякую! Але є помилка: ІІ дієвідміна 1 особа однини (після голосного - ю, після приголосного - у, а не навпаки).

[@VERBA_SCHOOL]

Дякую 🙏 Так, на жаль не перевірила уважно вчасно((

[@gipipicai]

The thing I don't understand about the 1st conjugation is that I can't find any infinitives with stems that end in consonants. Do you have any examples of when I'd use the Е form instead of the Є?

[@VERBA_SCHOOL]

F.e. Жити, бути - живеш, будеш, живемо, будемо.

[@windsnow2476]

In the 2nd conjugation. 25:56 The photo in the video seems wrong? Because after I checked other resources about the rule of 2nd conjugation, in я form it should be "у" after the consonant and "ю" after the vowel just like the 1st conjugation. No?

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privet...ya lublu tbi video ....but i can't able to learn now 😔

[@rurtup]

На 10 хв відео я подумала: Боже, добре, що мені не треба вчити цю мову:)))