Verb Conjugations (Present Tense - Imperfective)
Imperfective verbs describe actions that are ongoing, repeated, or not completed. In the present tense, Old Church Slavonic verbs follow several conjugation patterns based on their stem and infinitive ending. OCS has singular, dual, and plural forms in the present tense.
-a- stem conjugation: Includes verbs like чита́ти (to read), дѣ́лати (to do).
- Example: чита́ти -> Sg: Я чита́ѭ (I read/am reading), Тꙑ чита́ѥши, Онъ чита́ѥтъ. Du: Вѣ чита́ѥвѣ, Въі чита́ѥта, Онѣ чита́ѥтѣ. Pl: Мꙑ чита́ѥмъ, Вꙑ чита́ѥте, Они́ чита́ѭтъ.
-e- stem conjugation: Includes verbs like имѣ́ти (to have).
- Example: имѣ́ти -> Sg: Я имѣ́ѭ, Тꙑ имѣ́ѥши, Онъ имѣ́ѥтъ. Du: Вѣ имѣ́ѥвѣ, Въі имѣ́ѥта, Онѣ имѣ́ѥтѣ. Pl: Мꙑ имѣ́ѥмъ, Вꙑ имѣ́ѥте, Они́ имѣ́ѭтъ.
-i- stem conjugation: Includes verbs like говори́ти (to speak).
- Example: говори́ти -> Sg: Я говорі́ѭ, Тꙑ говорі́ши, Онъ говорі́тъ. Du: Вѣ говорі́вѣ, Въі говорі́та, Онѣ говорі́тѣ. Pl: Мꙑ говорі́мъ, Вꙑ говорі́те, Они́ говорꙗ́тъ.